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#10: German Minister for Economic Affairs meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow
#9: Russian President Putin hosts the Serbian Prime Minister in the Kremlin
#8: Russia releases a report on the causes of the downing of Flight MH17
#7: Gazprom cuts planned Turkish Stream gas pipeline capacity twofold
#6: U.S. refuses to host high-ranking Russian delegation to discuss Syria
#5: Russian and U.S. Foreign Ministers meet to discuss Syria
#4: Syrian President Assad comes to Moscow in a surprising visit
#3: Putin outlines his global vision at the annual Valdai Club meeting
#2: First month of the Russian air campaign in Syria
#1: Normandy Four talks in Paris
http://www.russia-direct.org/analysis/top-10-russian-foreign-policy-moves-october-ranked
Trend #1 Russian policy on its western borders will be defensive, not offensive.
Trend #2 Any attempt by the West to penetrate the post-Soviet space militarily or economically will be perceived in Russia as hostile and disproportionate.
Trend #3 The key doctrinal idea of Russian foreign policy will be to check the spread of anarchy, avert the collapse of statehood, and preserve government control. This idea will run counter to the theory of democratization as the guarantor of stable development.
Trend #4 Russia is becoming a more active military-political player outside its own territory. However, this activity will be selective and targeted due to limited resources.
Trend #5 Russia will take measures to develop new regional and international institutions such as the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Trend #6 Institutions of European security and key treaties with Russia will be eroded, but Moscow is hardly likely to seek their dismantlement.
Trend #7 The economy and public expectations about economic modernization are set to become increasingly important elements of Russian foreign policy.
http://www.russia-direct.org/opinion/7-trends-russian-foreign-policy-you-need-know
Not only world powers such as the US and Russia are interested in investing in Kazakhstan, but also regional powers such as China and Iran are showing interest in Kazakhstan. Look at the follwoing for example:
“Iran, China to Jointly Build Kazakhstan’s Refinery”
http://el-akhbar.com/en/Iran-China-Jointly-Build-15719/
So it is predictable that regional powers will also play a role in the security of the Central Asia.
its shocking that all these ‘stans’ are so pro-US…I didn’t know that…how can they not see what’s going on in the world ?
the Afghan Border is the limit between west and east I guess. And which way the planet will proceed. Unipolar or Multipolar.
It would seem to me that this Central Asian situation,while complicated,is also the easiest of the many problems that Russia has to correct.A conference between Iran,Russia,Kazakhstan and China, on the one hand.And Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan needs to be arranged.At that conference Putin needs to pull out maps of Central Asia and the World.And explain to the Uzbek and Turkmen leaders exactly on those maps where they are.And exactly where the US is in relation to where Iran,Russia,Kazakhstan, and China are to them.Then explain to them what they have to gain in cooperation with Iran,Russia,Kazakhstan,and China.And what they have to lose by aligning themselves against them and with the US.Explain to them how difficult it would be for the US to aid them and how easy it would be for the others to aid them.That should have the needed affect.I really can’t see,just by looking at a map if for no other reason, how that isn’t plain already to those leaders.But sometimes you have to make points clear I suppose.