Comments on: Raising the Great Game http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/30/raising-the-great-game/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Geopolitics’ backseat to the absurd « http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/30/raising-the-great-game/#comment-29994 Geopolitics’ backseat to the absurd « Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:21:23 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/30/raising-the-great-game/#comment-29994 [...] TOL has already pointed out the lack of depth in such coverage and promises further analysis soon. As an addendum, this particular news bite seems characteristic of most widespread (at least English language) news coverage of Central Asia, which tends to come from a single source and make brief, broad generalizations about geopolitics. Even more typical, the story has quickly been supplanted by stories about the ridiculous resurgence of personality-cult-like behavior in Berdymukhamedov’s jewel bedecked gift to himself. But who would realistically expect the media to care more about Chevron or the Caspian pipeline than a 2 pound gold pendant? [...] […] TOL has already pointed out the lack of depth in such coverage and promises further analysis soon. As an addendum, this particular news bite seems characteristic of most widespread (at least English language) news coverage of Central Asia, which tends to come from a single source and make brief, broad generalizations about geopolitics. Even more typical, the story has quickly been supplanted by stories about the ridiculous resurgence of personality-cult-like behavior in Berdymukhamedov’s jewel bedecked gift to himself. But who would realistically expect the media to care more about Chevron or the Caspian pipeline than a 2 pound gold pendant? […]

]]> By: Peter http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/30/raising-the-great-game/#comment-29935 Peter Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:24:32 +0000 http://turkmenistan.neweurasia.net/2007/06/30/raising-the-great-game/#comment-29935 Sorry to comment on my own post, but I just wanted to say that I will post a longer piece on this theme in a couple of weeks, but I am technically hindered at present. Sorry to comment on my own post, but I just wanted to say that I will post a longer piece on this theme in a couple of weeks, but I am technically hindered at present.

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