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Russia’s Premature Withdrawal, Withered Force
by: Nicholas Castillo, Toghrul Ali
Date: Apr 25, 2024
On April 16, footage showing the alleged withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from Azerbaija...
Türkiye's Return to Center Stage: Successful Counterbalancing
by: Dr. Eric Rudenshiold, Nicholas Castillo, Samantha Fanger
Date: Apr 23, 2024
Türkiye’s more aggressive and independent foreign policy has spurred both praise and criti...
Caspian States to Hold Military Drills for the First Time Without Russia’s Participation
by: Toghrul Ali
Date: Apr 16, 2024
The repercussions of Russia's conflict with Ukraine are bleeding across Russia’s southern ...
Central Asia's Gateway of Dual-Use Technology and Materials to Russia
by: Samantha Fanger
Date: Mar 28, 2024
Trade statistics indicate that there has been a significant uptick in China’s shipments of...
Russia’s Weapons Transport Via the Caspian Sea
by: Samantha Fanger
Date: Mar 11, 2024
The Caspian Sea has played an instrumental role in keeping Russia’s arsenal from being dep...
Türkiye’s Role in Black Sea Security Post-Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
by: Samantha Fanger
Date: Feb 26, 2024
About a week after Russia made its initial offensive attacks against Ukraine in February 2...
Russia On the Back Foot in the Black Sea: Implications for Georgia and the Caspian Region
Date: Jan 31, 2024
Russia has been forced to shift tactics in the Black Sea. Since the beginning of the war...
Armenia and Azerbaijan are Committed to Peace, Yes, But…
by: Ambassador (Ret.) Richard E. Hoagland
Date: Jan 18, 2024
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have stated...
India and The Greater Caspian Region
by: Vinay Kaura
Date: Jan 11, 2024
The Caspian region, Central Asia and the Caucasus, is a geopolitically interdependent regi...
Signs Point to an Azerbaijan-Armenia Normalization Deal
Date: Jan 11, 2024
The new year appears to be bringing in a new peace deal for Azerbaijan and Armenia, as bot...
Most Significant Security Challenges and Opportunities for the Caspian Region: Turkish Perspective
by: Dr. Bülent Aras
Date: Jan 10, 2024
This article is a guest contribution from a conference in July 2023, that the CPC hosted t...
A Delicate Balancing Act: Navigating Conflicts and Diplomacy: 2023 in Review
by: Nicholas Castillo, Haley Nelson, Toghrul Ali, Josephine Freund
Date: Dec 21, 2023
Great power influence is still present, but noticeably waning...
Iranian Defense Minister Visits Tajikistan
by: Samantha Fanger
Date: Nov 2, 2023
While Iran embarks on a security offensive to the West, it is looking to enlarge its influ...
With Different Mediation Preferences, Armenia-Azerbaijan Talks Hit Impediments
Date: Nov 2, 2023
With the reincorporation of Karabakh underway and hostilities in the region largely over, ...
The Beginning of An End to the CIS?
by: Meray Ozat
Date: Oct 30, 2023
On October 13, in Russian President Putin’s first foreign trip since the International Cri...
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Near a Border Agreement
Date: Oct 18, 2023
In 2022, fighting over the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border killed roughly 100 people, reignit...
Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan Hold Military Drills without Russia: Khazri-2023
by: Meray Ozat
Date: Oct 17, 2023
Despite Russia’s recent efforts to retain its influence in the Eurasian heartland, some Ca...
Georgia’s Potential Role in South Caucasus Peacemaking
by: Samantha Fanger, Haley Nelson
Date: Oct 17, 2023
After a years-long security breakdown of Armenian Karabakhi forces, Azerbaijan reclaimed t...
Baku Launches Next Step Talks with Karabakhi Armenians
Date: Oct 13, 2023
Since Azerbaijan retook territory lost during the first Nagorno-Karabakh war in September,...
Russia to Build a Naval Base in Abkhazia: A Security Threat to the Caucasus
by: Haley Nelson
Date: Oct 6, 2023
Russia has reportedly signed an agreement with the so-called Republic of Abkhazia to build...