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Headlines from the Caspian: January 10, 2022
Author: Caspian Policy Center
Date: Jan 12, 2022
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Articles
KAZAKHSTAN IN CRISIS
Author: Ambassador (Ret.) Richard E. Hoagland
Date: Jan 6, 2022
Kazakhstan, long considered to be the most stable country in Central Asia, is in crisis. It’s never prudent to predict an outcome when events are sti...
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Headlines from the Caspian: January 4, 2022
Author: Caspian Policy Center
Date: Jan 4, 2022
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Security and Politics Program (SPP)
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Strengthen Strategic Alliance
Author: Karolina Powers
Date: Dec 22, 2021
The relationship between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan was raised to a new diplomatic level at a state meeting on December 6 between Uzbek President Shavk...
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Headlines from the Caspian, December 20, 2021
Author: Caspian Policy Center
Date: Dec 21, 2021
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Security and Politics Program (SPP)
Azerbaijani President, Armenian Prime Minister Travel to Europe
Author: Dante Schulz
Date: Dec 20, 2021
On December 14, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan convened at a trilateral discussion with the president...
Security and Politics Program (SPP)
Reflections on 'Year One' of Independence: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Author: Dr. Roger Kangas
Date: Dec 20, 2021
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of new states in Eurasia are often framed as historical inevitabilities that had the support of the...
Security and Politics Program (SPP)
Central Asia Can Serve as Channel for U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan
Author: Dante Schulz
Date: Dec 20, 2021
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan coupled with the rapid withdrawal of NATO troops and Western-backed humanitarian assistance has left the country i...
Security and Politics Program (SPP)
Azerbaijan and Armenia Meet to Discuss Mechanisms to Complete Border Delimitation by the End of the Year
Author: Miriam Friedman
Date: Dec 14, 2021
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met for the first time in almost a year on November 26 in Sochi. Russ...
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Headlines from the Caspian, December 13, 2021
Author: Caspian Policy Center
Date: Dec 13, 2021
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Energy and Economy Program (EEP)
Economic Growth — One Result of 30 Years of Diplomatic Ties
Author: Ambassador (Ret.) Robert F. Cekuta
Date: Dec 10, 2021
Looking back to 30 years ago to when the United States established diplomatic relations with all the countries of Central Asia and the South...
Press Releases
Bishkek at the Ballot Box: An Analysis of the Kyrgyz Parliamentary Election
Author: Caspian Policy Center
Date: Dec 8, 2021
Washington, D.C. - The Caspian Policy Center (CPC) hosted a panel discussion on December 8th, focused on the implications of the events of the Kyrgyz...
Energy and Economy Program (EEP)
How Do We Fight Climate Change While Global Energy Demand Soars?
Author: Efgan Nifti, Ambassador (Ret.) Robert F. Cekuta
Date: Dec 7, 2021
World leaders and the global press have rightly focused these past weeks on the imperative to fight rising world temperatures and climate change’s imp...
Security and Politics Program (SPP)
Tajikistan has Begun to Allow Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan
Author: Karolina Powers
Date: Dec 7, 2021
Tajikistan has taken on a new role in Afghanistan, becoming a distributor of aid and providing corridors for the United Nations. Dushanbe has begun op...
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Headlines from the Caspian, December 6, 2021
Author: Caspian Policy Center
Date: Dec 7, 2021
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Security and Politics Program (SPP)
Kyrgyz Parliamentary Election Results Show Sustained Trend
Author: Dante Schulz
Date: Dec 6, 2021
Early polling results reveal that Kyrgyzstan’s pro-government parties achieved a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections held on November 28,...
Energy and Economy Program (EEP)
Room For Growth: The EU’s Trade and Investment Relationship with Central Asia
Author: Miriam Friedman
Date: Dec 3, 2021
The first European Union-Central Asia Economic Forum convened November 5, taking place within the framework of the EU Strategy on Central Asia that wa...
Security and Politics Program (SPP)
Mapping Central Asian Enclaves
Author: Dante Schulz
Date: Dec 3, 2021
Eight large enclaves dot the Central Asian landscape, isolating about 100,000 residents in the Ferghana Valley from their central governments. Althoug...
Security and Politics Program (SPP)
One Year Later: A Visit To Azerbaijan’s Formerly Occupied Territories And Nagorno-Karabakh
Author: Ambassador (Ret.) Richard E. Hoagland
Date: Nov 30, 2021
On October 30, a Caspian Policy Center delegation spent an 18-hour, 1,000 km day traveling along Azerbaijan’s...