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Headlines from the Caspian: October 6, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: October 6, 2025

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Russia’s Tightening Grip: A Potential Turning Point for Central Asian Migration

Russia’s Tightening Grip: A Potential Turning Point for Central Asian Migration

Lilly Horrigan

10/03/2025

Central Asian labor migrants seeking higher wages have long found an accessible ...

Headlines from the Caspian: September 29, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: September 29, 2025

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Caspian Policy Center Hosts 6th Annual Business Forum in New York

Caspian Policy Center Hosts 6th Annual Business Forum in New York

New York, NY, September 23 – Today, the Caspian Policy Center (CPC) held the six...

Headlines from the Caspian: September 16, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: September 16, 2025

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Beijing’s SCO Investment Pledge: A Drop in the Bucket

Beijing’s SCO Investment Pledge: A Drop in the Bucket

It was all smiles in Tianjin when President Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian and ...

Headlines from the Caspian: September 9, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: September 9, 2025

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Foreign Investments and the Middle Corridor: Assessing the Caspian Region’s Landscape

Foreign Investments and the Middle Corridor: Assessing the Caspian Region’s Landscape

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

Armenia and Azerbaijan: U.S. Realpolitik Could Guarantee Peace in the South Caucasus

After the Second World War, the basis for Washington’s international diplomacy g...

Headlines from the Caspian: September 3, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: September 3, 2025

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Central Asia’s Future Melts Away: Water Down the Drain?

Central Asia’s Future Melts Away: Water Down the Drain?

The accelerating environmental crisis in Central Asia has become impossible to i...

Kazakhstan’s AI Ambitions and the Nuclear Power to Drive It

Kazakhstan’s AI Ambitions and the Nuclear Power to Drive It

Nigel Li

08/26/2025

Countries around the world are searching for ways to use artificial intelligence...

Headlines from the Caspian: August 25, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: August 25, 2025

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A Win for Big Oil in Kazakhstan: Surprise Court Ruling Favors Investors

A Win for Big Oil in Kazakhstan: Surprise Court Ruling Favors Investors

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

Stability Brings Profits: How the Armenian-Azerbaijan Peace Deal Could Transform the Region’s Economy

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

A UN Bet on Almaty: Kazakhstan Steps Up as Central Asia’s SDG Hub

Nigel Li

08/20/2025

In an era marked by increasing global skepticism toward international institutio...

Headlines from the Caspian: August 18, 2025

Headlines from the Caspian: August 18, 2025

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A Landmark Step Toward Peace in the Caucasus, but the Journey Isn’t Over

A Landmark Step Toward Peace in the Caucasus, but the Journey Isn’t Over

With great fanfare, the long-frozen conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan took...