@MichaelHilliard
Michael Hilliard
@MichaelHilliardย ยทย 5:00

THE GEOPOLITICS OF TAJIKISTAN ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ

article image placeholderThe Geopolitics of Tajikistan
This is Michael from the Redline Podcast, a geopolitical podcast that talks about one big issue shaping the news both here and overseas with a panel of geopolitical experts. And this is just a quick summary episode for the swell app. Now, Tajikistan is one of the weirdest countries you will ever come across. It is in the middle of nowhere and smash between a bunch of huge empires. Now Tajikistan is North Afghanistan, West China, and the very edge of the old Soviet Union is at a pretty checkered history

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@Karan.Dev
Karan Dev
@Karan.Devย ยทย 0:49
And what do you think apart from setting up military bases and stuff, do you think there are any other ambitions that China might have in terms of broader question is where the relations between Russia and China stand? Do you see that improving with time or do you see that sort of decreasing with Chinese ambitions and stuff like that? So thanks you so much. This is very informative. And I look forward to all your future. Swells
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@MichaelHilliard
Michael Hilliard
@MichaelHilliardย ยทย 3:57

"Frenemies"

Westwood Compared to what it is to sell to China and China right now, if their sea lanes will be cut by the US Navy, they need to have backup options and the entire Chinese economy. If the sea lanes are cut will be reliant on Central Asia, Moscow and some Middle East partners, particularly in Tehran. I hope that answers your question. It's a very complicated answer, and it's probably something I could spend ten or years working on. But the Chinese and the Russians are frenemies
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@Karan.Dev
Karan Dev
@Karan.Devย ยทย 0:51
I noticed that you added the link to your podcast and the title of your Swell. If you could shift that to the description instead, it would be more clickable and I think people will be able to hear it easily. You can also do it now by going to edit description from the three dot menu and changing it there. Thank you so much overall, and I look forward to everything else, all of your future Swells and your podcast at large. Cheers
@NotSoBonVoyage
Not So Bon Voyage
@NotSoBonVoyageย ยทย 0:51

How do these presidents have so much power?

Hey, Michael, thanks for another great episode summary about Tajikistan. Admittedly don't know much about the Jacob or the other stands. I actually thought it was a reminded me of that episode of John Oliver where I think he goes to Turkmenistan and and set some similar more with the sort of presidentdictor with all the marble castles and all the monuments and things like that. And on a similar note, I have a question for you in regards to that
@MichaelHilliard
Michael Hilliard
@MichaelHilliardย ยทย 4:50

Dictators methods

So there's a few options of how you can control the population, but generally keeping your oligarchs rich, keeping all your important positions of power, staffed by friends and family, and making sure that everyone is bribed for what they need to do. And the rest of the population is scared because of the sick police
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@NotSoBonVoyage
Not So Bon Voyage
@NotSoBonVoyageย ยทย 0:38
So as long as things are running, okay, let's just keep the guy in that we know. And yeah, thanks for explaining that. I guess it makes sort of sense that you put the people in power that below you. They're your friends. And you just create almost like a boys club club of just people looking out for your intentions and you look out for theirs. And it's just a cycle that continues with you in power. So, yeah. Cheers, mate
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