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Headlines from the Caspian: August 4, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: August 4, 2025

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

Code of the Steppe: Tajikistan’s Push to Shape AI in Central Asia

Code of the Steppe: Tajikistan’s Push to Shape AI in Central Asia

As Central Asia looks to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to lead its digital transi...

Caspian Convergence: Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan Relations Enter a Strategic Phase

Caspian Convergence: Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan Relations Enter a Strategic Phase

The President of Azerbaijan hosted the former President of Turkmenistan for a hi...

How Will Central Asia Benefit from the Extension of Trans-Caspian Transport Routes?

How Will Central Asia Benefit from the Extension of Trans-Caspian Transport Routes?

Azerbaijan is strengthening its transport diplomacy and investing in sustainable...

Headlines from the Caspian: July 28, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: July 28, 2025

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

Headlines from the Caspian: July 21, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: July 21, 2025

On July 17, foreign ministers of Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan met in Ka...

Russia’s Taliban Recognition: What It Means for Central Asia

Russia’s Taliban Recognition: What It Means for Central Asia

Speaking in early July, the Taliban-installed Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan ...

Interview with H.E. Zheenbek Kulubaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic

Interview with H.E. Zheenbek Kulubaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic

Could you inform our leadership about the main priorities of the candidacy of th...

Headlines from the Caspian: July 14, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: July 14, 2025

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

Bridging the Caspian: Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Meets With Azerbaijan's President Aliyev

Bridging the Caspian: Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Meets With Azerbaijan's President Aliyev

Turkmenistan, traditionally one of Central Asia’s more insular states, could be ...

Azerbaijan hosts the 17th Economic Cooperation Organization Summit

Azerbaijan hosts the 17th Economic Cooperation Organization Summit

Nigel Li

07/10/2025

On July 4, the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) ......

Recipient to Replicator: Uzbekistani Investments in Afghanistan Inspired by China’s Playbook?

Recipient to Replicator: Uzbekistani Investments in Afghanistan Inspired by China’s Playbook?

Following through on Uzbekistani officials’ earlier promises to sign a preferent...

The Peace That Threatens Moscow: Armenia and Azerbaijan Leave Russia Behind

The Peace That Threatens Moscow: Armenia and Azerbaijan Leave Russia Behind

Once manageable, even cooperative at times, the relationship between Moscow and ...

Summitry and Strategy: Decoding the 2nd Central Asia-China Summit

Summitry and Strategy: Decoding the 2nd Central Asia-China Summit

Jack Halsey

07/07/2025

Chinese investments in Central Asia are here, and they are going to increase ......

Headlines from the Caspian: July 7, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: July 7, 2025

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

The Caspian Policy Center Hosts its 3rd Trans-Caspian Connectivity Conference in London

The Caspian Policy Center Hosts its 3rd Trans-Caspian Connectivity Conference in London

London, UK, July 2, 2025 —Focusing on the theme, Harnessing the Momentum, Buildi...

Headlines from the Caspian: June 30, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: June 30, 2025

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

From Silk Road to Steel Rails:  How the Almaty Bypass Reinforces the Middle Corridor’s Strategic Promise

From Silk Road to Steel Rails: How the Almaty Bypass Reinforces the Middle Corridor’s Strategic Promise

With increased attention to the development of the Middle Corridor, infrastructu...