The foreign minister of Kyrgyzstan, Ruslan Kazakbaev, was in the capital of Azerbaijan on July 2, where he proposed a strategic partnership between the two nations, both members of NATO’s Partnership for Peace military program and of the soon-to-be-expanding Turkic Council. (Russia also touts a strategic partnership with Azerbaijan.) In April Kyrgyzstan was involved in … Continue reading 5 + 3: Turkic Superstate in Caucasus, Central Asia Under NATO Tutelage