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Beyond Investment: How Uzbekistan Is Building a Modern Capital Market

Beyond Investment: How Uzbekistan Is Building a Modern Capital Market

Uzbekistan is entering a new stage of financial reform...

Can the Middle Corridor Outrun Climate Change? The Caspian Sea’s Challenge to Eurasian Connectivity

Can the Middle Corridor Outrun Climate Change? The Caspian Sea’s Challenge to Eurasian Connectivity

Discussions of the Middle Corridor often focus on geopolitics, infrastructure in...

Baku and Berlin: The Partnership Beyond the Pipeline

Baku and Berlin: The Partnership Beyond the Pipeline

Germany and Azerbaijan are building a new relationship that goes beyond critical...

Tanker Strikes at CPC Terminal Renew Pressure on Kazakhstan’s Oil Industry

Tanker Strikes at CPC Terminal Renew Pressure on Kazakhstan’s Oil Industry

Erin Malloy

07/30/2026

Kazakhstan resumed exporting crude oil on July 27 after a week-long suspension o...

Caspian Sea Security

Caspian Sea Security

Luke Coffey

07/29/2026

With the growing importance of the Middle Corridor, especially as geopolitical t...

Europe - Caspian Briefing, July 29, 2026

Europe - Caspian Briefing, July 29, 2026

Welcome to the first edition of the Europe - Caspian Briefing, a new bi-weekly p...

Beyond Competition: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan’s Role in Regional Integration

Beyond Competition: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan’s Role in Regional Integration

As Central Asia attracts growing international attention, Kazakhstan and Uzbekis...

Headlines from the Caspian: July 27, 2026

Headlines from the Caspian: July 27, 2026

Your quick primer on the latest developments in the Caspian this week......

Uzbekistan’s Fifth Tashkent Forum Closes with $43 Billion in Deals and a Broader Pitch for Reform

Uzbekistan’s Fifth Tashkent Forum Closes with $43 Billion in Deals and a Broader Pitch for Reform

Tashkent hosted its fifth annual Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF)...

Central Asia and the New Critical Minerals Frontier: Progress in Reshaping Global Supply Chains

Central Asia and the New Critical Minerals Frontier: Progress in Reshaping Global Supply Chains

The United States faces a significant strategic challenge in securing access to ...

Georgia's Anaklia Shift: China’s out. Who Steps In Next?

Georgia's Anaklia Shift: China’s out. Who Steps In Next?

Georgia has officially abandoned the joint-investment model for the construction...

Pashinyan and Mishustin Meet as Russian-Armenian Trade Slides

Pashinyan and Mishustin Meet as Russian-Armenian Trade Slides

Erin Malloy

07/21/2026

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his first trip since reelection to ...

Headlines from the Caspian: July 20, 2026

Headlines from the Caspian: July 20, 2026

The Russian state-owned enterprise that oversees the country’s nuclear energy se...

The New Front in Critical Minerals: Kazakhstan and South Korea

The New Front in Critical Minerals: Kazakhstan and South Korea

As global competition for critical minerals increases, Kazakhstan has been promo...

Uzbekistan Looks West: Georgia Emerges as a Critical Gateway to Europe

Uzbekistan Looks West: Georgia Emerges as a Critical Gateway to Europe

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s July 2-3  state visit to Tbilisi...