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Beijing’s SCO Investment Pledge: A Drop in the Bucket
09/15/2025
It was all smiles in Tianjin when President Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian and ...
Headlines from the Caspian: September 9, 2025
09/08/2025
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Foreign Investments and the Middle Corridor: Assessing the Caspian Region’s Landscape
09/04/2025
Discussions about the Middle Corridor in the context of Central Asian affairs .....
Armenia and Azerbaijan: U.S. Realpolitik Could Guarantee Peace in the South Caucasus
Ambassador (Ret.) Richard E. Hoagland
09/04/2025
After the Second World War, the basis for Washington’s international diplomacy g...
Headlines from the Caspian: September 3, 2025
09/02/2025
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Central Asia’s Future Melts Away: Water Down the Drain?
08/28/2025
The accelerating environmental crisis in Central Asia has become impossible to i...
Kazakhstan’s AI Ambitions and the Nuclear Power to Drive It
08/26/2025
Countries around the world are searching for ways to use artificial intelligence...
Headlines from the Caspian: August 25, 2025
08/25/2025
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A Win for Big Oil in Kazakhstan: Surprise Court Ruling Favors Investors
08/21/2025
In a startling reversal that favors large energy companies, an appellate court r...
Stability Brings Profits: How the Armenian-Azerbaijan Peace Deal Could Transform the Region’s Economy
Kristina Ryzhko, Zhanel Sabirova
08/20/2025
Creating a historic shift in regional dynamics, the peace deal between Armenia a...
A UN Bet on Almaty: Kazakhstan Steps Up as Central Asia’s SDG Hub
08/20/2025
In an era marked by increasing global skepticism toward international institutio...
Headlines from the Caspian: August 18, 2025
08/18/2025
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A Landmark Step Toward Peace in the Caucasus, but the Journey Isn’t Over
08/14/2025
With great fanfare, the long-frozen conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan took...
The Caspian Day – Dropping Caspian Sea Levels and Disappearing Caspian Seals
08/13/2025
August 12 – The Caspian Day was established in 2006 by the leaders of Azerbaijan...
Headlines from the Caspian: August 12, 2025
08/11/2025
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First Readout of Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Summit
08/08/2025
Here are the main takeaways from the trilateral peace summit between Armenia and...
Why Russia Bombed an Azerbaijani Oil Depot the Day Baku Made Peace with Armenia
08/08/2025
Russian armed forces launched a missile strike targeting an oil depot operated b...
Headlines from the Caspian: August 4, 2025
08/04/2025
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