Gravitas Plus | Central Asia: New Global Turf War

India has invited heads of Central Asian Nations as Republic Day guests. Russia sees this region as home turf. China is pumping money for clout. The U.S has stationed troops. On Gravitas Plus Palki Sharma explains why Central Asia is critical in today's geopolitical chessboard.

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[LVYRSLF]

She is far better than my schools teachers ... i have learnt so many things just by watching GRAVITAS+ ...

[jamesmaccalman]

Thank You INDIA 🇮🇳 for speaking on Unnoticed Heritage Rich Nations ❤.

The Help to "Spread a word" done will flourish these Region and it's PEOPLE 🤝✌🙏🏽.

[chrisgreene]

Wow a complete lesson about central Asian countries in eight minutes. Well done.

[DonJuanMarco]

I am a history teacher but I am learning more because of Gravitas and Gravitas Plus.

[WilliamPriceKing]

Kudos to WION, via Palki, for this history lesson stressing the importance of Central Asia and its diverse cultures, not only to India, but to the rest of the world.

[piercepetree]

I can't get enough of this channel. Why can't we have news like this in America?

[gulsumaergasheva]

Salute from Uzbekistan 🇺🇿. It was probably one of the most informative and fascinating descriptions about CA I have ever heard of thus far.
Though, not a proponent of WION, because the media is substantially biased concerning other subjects, however this one was pretty much straightforward and decent. Props to the reporter this time!

[molinodeviento]

This is so unusual to see a foreign reporter telling about my country. Thank you for educating people about this part of the world. Unfortunately, for many western people Kazakhstan is nothing but Borat (even though that movie wasn't even filmed in Kazakhstan and there is no a single person there of kazakh origin).

[asher]

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[ronchristiantenala]

Wow, learned so much more than a one period of my Asian studies class. Good job Wion!

[alexandersanchez]

I have traveled to Kyrgyzstan 7 times. I was impressed with what I saw. And every trip I saw more progres. Very interesting country, and culture. Beautiful mountains. Very hospitable people.

[abdykerimovurmat]

Last 4-5 years i saw big increase of indian students in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and thats great, always welcome 👍👍

[KevinInScotland]

Here is an interesting fact for you guys: When I started work in 1971 and completed my training, I worked on the International Telex Switchboards. (It was the main form of communication for businesses in those days, eg Shell, BP, construction, and so on.) All calls to the then Soviet Union went through Moscow. (It was not automated like today). I remember Olga was one of their operators. So, if for instance Crane Freuhoff wanted to send a telex message to Tashkent, it would go through our switchboard in London. We would call Moscow and wait for an operator to connect us to Tashkent. Of course, in those days, it was all considered to be USSR (CCCP). The country itself was never mentioned, as it was a part of the Soviet Union.

[LVYRSLF]

3:08 LAL BHADUR SASTRI was Indias second prime minister ... he was killed/died in tashkent and the reasons are still unknown ...some say due to cradiac attack but many disagree with this

[I.KUchiha]

THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY LESSON. NO OTHER MEDIA ORGANISATION DOES THIS.

YOU GUYS ARE THE REAL ONES. VERY EDUCATIONAL 🔥🔥💯💯❤️❤️

[canicetang]

But the problem of Central Asia is the CCP's "Belt and Road Initiative". This is the influence where this strategic region would be hampered to India and the West.

[david-bdtd]

They are more closer with China than India because of Chinese massive trade, investments and market ...

[realtalk]

Chína has done way more than simply "eye" Central Asia. The PRC annexed territory from Kazakhstan in 1998, from Kyrgyzstan in 2002, and Tajikistan in 2011. The world largely ignored it for some reason. Chína also "leased" further territory for "farming" and built a miIitary base in eastern Tajikistan.

The Belt & Road Initiative that Chína has been promoting to the wider world the past decade used Central Asia as its testing ground, where it began its capture a decade earlier. The governments of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are effectively puppets of Chína to a large extent. There have been protests in Kyrgyzstan against Chína since the 2000s, in large part due to Chína's control of mines and refineries, and not hiring locals for construction projects in Kyrgyzstan, and more recently their persecution and mass-internment of ethnic Kyrgyz in Xínjíang. Protests have now also happened in Kazakhstan in recent years for similar reasons, including their persecution and mass-internment of ethnic Kazakhs in Xínjíang.

[jimluebke]

Guys, please give Americans a break. We're literally on the opposite side of the world from Central Asia, and without any seaports, our access to them would be limited even if they weren't former Soviet republics.

We'd probably be better off learning about India first -- the place has as complex a history as Europe, and we barely scratch the surface in school.

[sokikrong]

I am in love with the host....❤️
Savage as always "go figure why"??😆😅🙏