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Amid Challenges, Georgia’s European Dream Moves Forward
Date: Nov 29, 2023
Central Asia in Focus
by: Bruce Pannier
Date: Nov 29, 2023
Welcome to Central Asia in Focus, a newsletter that offers insight and analysis on the eve...
The Russians Want to Build a Super-State. It May Now Include Parts of Georgia.
Date: Nov 16, 2023
Rhetoric around the formation of a Union State to include Georgia’s breakaway territories ...
Central Asia in Focus: Two Afghan Governments Represented in Tajikistan
by: Bruce Pannier
Date: Nov 16, 2023
Welcome to Central Asia in Focus, a newsletter that offers insight and analysis on the eve...
Is the United States Out of Steppe? Addressing Central Asia’s Crossroads Moment
Date: Nov 9, 2023
Central Asia is a rapidly changing region. What was unimaginable even a few years ago mig...
Take Aways from Tbilisi’s Silk Road Forum: Caucasus Lean into Regional Connectivity
Date: Nov 7, 2023
Over 2,000 representatives from over 60 countries gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, over Octob...
China’s Charm Offensive in Central Asia
by: Meray Ozat, Haley Nelson
Date: Nov 3, 2023
During China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum on October 17-18, Chinese President Xi...
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, ...
Central Asia in Focus
by: Bruce Pannier
Date: Nov 1, 2023
Welcome to Central Asia in Focus, a newsletter that offers insight and analysis on the eve...
Azerbaijan’s Changing Foreign Relations: The New View from Baku
Date: Nov 1, 2023
A delegation from the Caspian Policy Center (CPC) visited Baku October 23-27 to learn abou...
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...
Central Asia in Focus
by: Bruce Pannier
Date: Oct 26, 2023
Welcome to Central Asia in Focus, a newsletter that offers insight and analysis on the eve...
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,...
Central Asia in Focus
by: Bruce Pannier
Date: Oct 12, 2023
Welcome to Central Asia in Focus, a newsletter that offers insight and analysis on the eve...
Out of the shadows: The C5+1 Summit
Date: Oct 12, 2023
After a road show of summits, including with Xi Jinping in Xian in April 2023, the first-e...
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...