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ISKP Remains a Threat to Central Asia

ISKP Remains a Threat to Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan reportedly foiled a coup attempt orchestrated by the Islamic State .....

LIVE MAP of Russian Refineries Hit:  Ukrainian Drone Strikes Boost Caspian Energy

LIVE MAP of Russian Refineries Hit: Ukrainian Drone Strikes Boost Caspian Energy

Caspian Policy Center’s Live Map of Russian Refineries documents 61 attacks acro...

Balancing Act: Kazakhstan PM Visits Baku to Address Growing Regional Pressures

Balancing Act: Kazakhstan PM Visits Baku to Address Growing Regional Pressures

On March 3, Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov visited Baku, Azerbaijan...

Commentary: It’s The End of an Era, But What Comes Next?

Commentary: It’s The End of an Era, But What Comes Next?

With the current presidential administration in Washington having turned against...

From Conflict to Cooperation:  Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Finalize a Pivotal Border Agreement

From Conflict to Cooperation: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Finalize a Pivotal Border Agreement

A border dispute that had resulted in the deaths of over 200 people in recent ye...

Russia’s Shadow War Reaches Kazakhstan: Inside Moscow’s Espionage Offensive

Russia’s Shadow War Reaches Kazakhstan: Inside Moscow’s Espionage Offensive

For decades, Russia has stolen information from, or planted malware in, importan...

Russia-Iran Strategic Partnership Treaty Highlights Bilateral Priorities

Russia-Iran Strategic Partnership Treaty Highlights Bilateral Priorities

Nigel Li

01/28/2025

Russia and Iran have intensified cooperation in recent years in the face of incr...

Ukraine Looks to the North Caucasus to Advance a Post-Colonial View of Russia

Ukraine Looks to the North Caucasus to Advance a Post-Colonial View of Russia

Ukraine is retaliating against Russia in a new way, encouraging minority groups ...

Drones Over the Caspian:  How UAVs are Shaping Regional Power in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Drones Over the Caspian: How UAVs are Shaping Regional Power in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Drone warfare has landed in the Caspian region.  Critical assets in global secur...

C5+1 in the New Year

C5+1 in the New Year

After becoming a fixture of Central Asian diplomacy in recent years, the C5+1 di...

New Years Addresses: The Caspian Region in 2025

New Years Addresses: The Caspian Region in 2025

In much of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, New Year’s Eve remains the central holida...

Caspian Region Foreign - Policy Priorities for The New Administration

Caspian Region Foreign - Policy Priorities for The New Administration

Traditionally, U.S. foreign policy does not change radically when a new presiden...

Georgia's Euromaidan?

Georgia's Euromaidan?

For those who remember Ukraine in 2014, the scenes of mass protest in Georgia ma...

C5+Trump: Getting the US Down to Business in Central Asia

C5+Trump: Getting the US Down to Business in Central Asia

The five Central Asian countries will not be at the top of President-elect Donal...

OTS Builds on Organizational Momentum

OTS Builds on Organizational Momentum

Continuing its steady growth trajectory, the Organization of Turkic States (OTS)...

On the Prospects of the Zangezur Corridor for Central Asia

On the Prospects of the Zangezur Corridor for Central Asia

Following the end of the Second Karabakh War in 2020, Azerbaijan began restoring...

Winning the Peace:  Armenia and Azerbaijan

Winning the Peace: Armenia and Azerbaijan

There is an indigenous and organic peace process underway again in the Caucasus....