How Russia Is Courting the Gulf (Samuel Ramani, The National Interest)

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-russia-courting-the-gulf-17207

(Global) Could North Korea Benefit from Middle East Shifts? (Samuel Ramani, The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/could-north-korea-benefit-from-middle-east-shifts/

(Istituto fondamentale - Eurasia) Kyrgyzstan’s Risky Open Borders Experiment (Samuel Ramani, The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/08/kyrgyzstans-risky-open-borders-experiment/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Japan’s Strategy for Central Asia (Samuel Ramani, The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/japans-strategy-for-central-asia/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Belarus and Kyrgyzstan – Eurasia's Unlikeliest Bedfellows (Samuel Ramani, The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/07/belarus-and-kyrgyzstan-eurasias-unlikeliest-bedfellows/