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Great Powers Fight Over Central Asia - How We Got Here - TVP World
It used to be called the Great Game. The major power rivalry in Central Asia, chiefly between Britain and Russia. Though the name may have changed, the game is still on and the rules haven’t changed that much. Influence and resources are its main currency. But this time there are more players.
Join Jan Darasz and his guest Iwona Kaliszewska, an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Warsaw, for this episode of ‘How we got here.’