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Promises and Pitfalls: Reflections on Kazakhstan’s Nuclear Future
03/21/2025
Last year, Kazakhstan held a nationwide referendum on the question of building a...
Azerbaijan-Israel Partnership Powers Up: Landmark Gas Agreement Signals Deeper Energy Ties
03/19/2025
In a significant step for Azerbaijan-Israel energy cooperation, Azerbaijan’s sta...
LIVE MAP of Russian Refineries Hit: Ukrainian Drone Strikes Boost Caspian Energy
Joshua Bernard-Pearl, Nigel Li
03/18/2025
Caspian Policy Center’s Live Map of Russian Refineries documents 61 attacks acro...
Atomic Risks and Rewards: Viewpoints from Three Experts
03/14/2025
With plans for a nuclear reactor well underway in Kazakhstan, it is important th...
Visualizing Caspian Energy
03/06/2025
Caspian energy has gained unprecedented relevance in global markets. The disrupt...
War Above and Fuel Below: Ukraine’s Drone Strategy Meets the Caspian Energy Pivot
02/26/2025
Ukraine launched 81 drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and storage depots a...
Caspian Energy Reimagined: Turkmenistan and Türkiye’s Landmark Gas Deal
02/24/2025
After nearly three decades of negotiations, Turkmenistan and Türkiye have finall...
Risk and Reward: How China’s State Firms Outmaneuver Rivals in Tajikistan
02/20/2025
Tajikistan’s Bokhtar project, a high-risk/high-reward venture to develop new hyd...
From the Caspian to the Levant: Azerbaijan Enters Israel’s Gas Market
02/10/2025
Azerbaijan's state-owned energy company SOCAR has made its first Mediterranean ....
Implementing the K-Silk Road: South Korea’s Growing Commitment to Central Asia
01/31/2025
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, sanctions and a costly war effort have we...
New Years Addresses: The Caspian Region in 2025
01/03/2025
In much of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, New Year’s Eve remains the central holida...
COP 29: The Caspian COP
12/19/2024
COP Climate Summits are exhausting events. The stakes are high and most COPs fal...
Caspian Green Energy Corridor Moves Forward
11/14/2024
With COP 29 underway, the presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan h...
Green Energy Minerals: Strategic Opportunities in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Ukraine
09/05/2024
This is the second installment in the Caspian Policy Center’s Strategic Minerals...
Across Central Asia, Governments Bet Big on Nuclear Power
08/30/2024
In the winter of 2022 - 2023, much of Central Asia experienced dire cold and pow...
Central Asia's Nuclear Ambitions and a Sustainable Energy Future
06/21/2024
Alongside renewables, energy efficiency, and other innovative technologies ......
Azerbaijan and Türkiye Solidify Key Energy Alliance with Turkmen Gas Deal
06/13/2024
Azerbaijan and Türkiye struck a major energy deal in May, with state-owned giant...
Kazakh Uranium: A Hot Prospect as U.S. Targets Russian Nuclear Fuel
05/11/2024
A special report as the United States moves to ban imports of enriched Russian U...
Tajikistan’s Efforts to Build Out its Energy System Reflects Geopolitical Competition
03/22/2024
Last September, Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Daler Juma,...