Alexandros Petersen
Alexandros Petersen was the author of The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West (Praeger: 2011). A scholar of grand strategy and energy geopolitics, he served as an Advisor to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC. He was widely published in The Economist, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, as well as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy and the National Interest. He appeared on the BBC, Sky News, CTV and NPR. He was killed in a bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan in January 2014.
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Jamestown Analyst Alexandros Petersen Killed in Taliban Attack
The Jamestown Foundation is deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic death of Dr. Alexandros Petersen in a bomb blast that occurred last weekend in Kabul, Afghanistan. Alexandros had recently...
China and Central Asia in 2013
In the last two years, China has emerged as the most consequential outside actor in Central Asia. As we have described in other writings, China’s ascension to this role has...
China’s Latest Piece of the New Silk Road
While the concept of a “New Silk Road” of trade, transport and telecommunications connections across Eurasia was formally endorsed by the US State Department, it is Beijing and Chinese companies...
Shifts in Beijing’s Afghan Policy: A View From the Ground
In a clear but still gradual shift over the past year, Chinese policymakers have changed their stance on Afghanistan from cultivated disinterest to growing engagement. As the potential security vacuum...
Jamestown’s Alexandros Petersen and Raffaello Pantucci featured in the November/December hardcopy of The National Interest
An article written by Jamestown's Alexandros Petersen and Raffaello Pantucci was published in the November/December hardcopy of The National Interest China's Inadvertent <wbr></wbr>Empire. It is part of their joint project on China in Central Asia.
Jamestown Analyst Alexandros Peterson Interviewed by News.Az
Jamestown's expert on Central Asia, Alexandros Petersen was interviewed by News.Az about the repercussions for the South Caucasus of a war with Iran.
Kazakhstan Cabinet Reshuffle Promotes Massimov
The first autumn winds in Kazakhstan’s capital brought with them a major cabinet reshuffle that promoted popular, effective Prime Minister Karim Massimov to head the preeminent presidential administration and moved...
Kazakhstan Puts Components in Place for Caspian Shipping
On July 25, Kazakhstan’s coastal city of Aktau hosted an expert-level conference on implementing global standards for maritime shipping at Caspian ports (News.az, July 25). Organized by TRACECA’s Logistics Processes...
Uzbekistan’s Balancing Act With China: A View From the Ground
The exact reasons for Uzbekistan’s decision to withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the end of June remain unclear (Xinhua, June, 29; Russia Today, June 28, 2012)....
Khorgos to Become Kazakhstan’s Trans-Eurasian Transport Hub
On June 28, Kazakhstan’s Senate amended the country’s transport regulations partly to allow for the state railways operator, JSC “NC” Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), to develop a transport and logistics...
Beijing Lays the Groundwork in Tajikistan: A View from the Ground
Meeting on the fringes of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Beijing on May 11, Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrohon Zarifi and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi made...
China’s Slow Surge in Kyrgyzstan: A View from the Ground
Kyrgyzstan’s recent peaceful presidential elections did not feature China as a campaign issue. For the most part, they focused on domestic issues and where foreign policy seeped in, it was...