Tajikistan
Dushanbe aims to ensure that its allies do not forget Taliban threat

Central Asia, Russia
Despite change at the top, sparring continues at CSTO

Kazakhstan's Imangali Tasmagambetov, the next head of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Central Asia's answer to NATO, will struggle to improve the body's standing with some member states.

Europe
EU seeking counter-terror experts for Central Asia programme

As the region's post-Soviet states gain strategic importance in the struggle for influence between East and West, the European Union is mobilising to get a foothold through technical cooperation on sensitive security issues in Russia's backyard.

Armenia, Belarus, Central Asia, Russia
Russia pushes for defence focus within Eurasia's block

Despite tensions between the heads of the CSTO, a Eurasian alliance intended to act as a counterweight to NATO, Russia plans to have its member states focus on defence through more concrete action away from political declarations.

The Intelligence Gazette
Rosfinmonitoring, DNI v Cosco, Russian base in Tajikistan

Appointments, reforms, and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Washington to Moscow via Duchanbe.

RussiaFinancial intelligence service teams with FSB on cryptocurrencies in Russia.

United StatesDNI to probe Chinese presence in South American ports

TajikistanRussian base renews engagement in Tajikistan

Spotlight | China, Russia
Russian soft power ups ambitions in Central Asia for 2022

Moscow has grand plans for its networks of influence abroad over the coming year, starting with the need to maintain its declining dominance in Central Asia. But these ambitious goals could come up against the situation in Kazakhstan, where India, China and other powers are using their own approaches.

Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Afghan tensions affords Bishkek spymasters strategic regional role

Taking advantage of the renewed prominence of Central Asia following the Afghan outbursts, the Kyrgyz spymasters are seeking to consolidate their position and to assert the interests of Bishkek in the regional dynamics between Beijing, Islamabad and New Delhi.

Afghanistan, India, Pakistan
India's intelligence service RAW deployed in bid to influence Afghan affairs

In a new strategy on Afghanistan that keeps India's opposition to Islamabad very much to the forefront, New Delhi has instructed its external intelligence service, the RAW, to corral anti-Taliban forces.

Afghanistan, Russia, Turkey
Ankara and Moscow jockey for position in Kabul after US withdrawal

The departure of US troops from Afghanistan and the ongoing clashes between Taliban and Afghan forces have put a strain on the Afghan authorities, which are seeking help anywhere they can find it.

Central Asia
CSTO peacekeepers poised for action

The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) wants to develop its [...]