The project focuses on topics not always in the news but likely to be of major consequence for the entire region and beyond in the coming years. The study will include an overall synthetic analysis of Russian security policy and how this might affect not only Moscow's neighbors but also Russia's relations with the US and Western Europe, China, and Japan.
Current plans call for five volumes, each dealing with specific problems of the region.
The first volume addresses the evolving stakes of the great powers in Central Asia, with a special emphasis on Kazakhstan. Topics for future volumes will include military dynamics in the region and the interplay of economics and national security in Russia's relations with the Ukraine and Belarus. The Carnegie Corporation of New York has provided a major grant in support of this project.