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Critical perspectives and on-the-ground reporting from the #Caucasus and #CentralAsia, with analyses you won't find elsewhere: 🔗
What is likely Sen. Steve Daines’ last visit in an official capacity to the #Caspian Basin region may turn out to be his most important. 🔗 eurasianet.org/influential-...
After mounting an unsuccessful campaign to sink #Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan’s reelection chances, #Russia is now telling him that it is time to bury the hatchet. 🔗 eurasianet.org/pashinyan-tr...
Fresh off a convincing victory in a fiercely contested parliamentary election, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan is wasting no time in trying to integrate #Armenia firmly into the West’s security and economic architecture. 🔗 eurasianet.org/armenia-putt...
With a decisive victory in the June 7 parliamentary election secured, #Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan now has to deliver on his promises. Chief among them, his foreign policy reset. 🔗 eurasianet.org/armenian-ele...
#Armenia’s June 7 parliamentary election has become a referendum on Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan’s effort to move the country out of #Russia’s orbit and normalize relations with #Azerbaijan and #Turkey. 🔗 eurasianet.org/armenias-ele...
#Kazakhstan is quickly racking up debt to #China, and Astana’s obligations to Beijing appear poised to keep growing in the coming years. 🔗 eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-t...
With Election Day fast approaching, #Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan’s government is hoping that shows of support from the United States and #EuropeanUnion will give it a boost at the polls. 🔗 eurasianet.org/rubio-visit-...
#Kazakhstan’s mining sector is booming just as the country’s water supply is coming under increasing stress from climate change, antiquated infrastructure and a growing population. 🔗 eurasianet.org/kazakhstans-...
Metropolitan Shio Mujiri elected as the new head of the #Georgian Orthodox Church, a position that carries not just religious authority but outsized political influence in a nation where the church remains one of the few institutions commanding broad public trust. 🔗 eurasianet.org/in-divided-v...
If a picture could serve as a declaration of independence, #Armenian Prime Minister #Pashinyan’s meet-and-greet photo with #Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy, taken during the just-concluded #European Political Community summit, could serve as the prototype. 🔗 eurasianet.org/armenia-thum...
A deal announced at the White House last year for an American company to mine tungsten in #Kazakhstan is moving forward after the company closed the deal with the country’s state-owned #mining company. 🔗 eurasianet.org/american-tun...
#Turkey has lost its imports of #Iranian natural #gas and is again looking to #Turkmenistan to cover the gap. But Ashgabat appears to be prioritizing exports to #China. 🔗 eurasianet.org/turkmen-gas-...
Western mining companies and investors continue to flock to #Kazakhstan in search of deals, drawn by the country’s abundance of minerals and its comparatively well-developed legal framework. 🔗 eurasianet.org/as-world-cla...
The sentences, announced April 13, drew condemnation from human rights organizations and represent a serious blow for the Nagyz Atajurt Volunteers Group, a rights advocacy organization with which most of the convicted activists are associated. 🔗 eurasianet.org/kazakh-court...
A court in northern #Tajikistan recently fined a 29-year-old man over $12,000 for celebrating his birthday at his own café. 🔗 eurasianet.org/tajik-govern...
#Azerbaijani President Ilham #Aliyev’s met with the usual array of top #Georgian officials during his brief visit to Tbilisi. But it was his short conversation with a man who holds no formal government position, billionaire #Ivanishvili, that generated the most buzz 🔗 eurasianet.org/aliyevs-tbil...
#Armenian Prime Minister Nikol #Pashinyan and #Russian leader Vladimir Putin were not in a jesting mood during an April Fools’ Day meeting in the #Kremlin. 🔗 eurasianet.org/pashinyan-an...
#Kyrgyzstan is playing catch-up in a regional race to embrace artificial intelligence, lagging behind #Kazakhstan and #Uzbekistan. Kyrgyzstan ranks 119th out of 195 countries in the Government AI Readiness Index 2025. 🔗 eurasianet.org/more-carrot-...
A new era for soccer has kicked off in #Kazakhstan after the ownership of several clubs recently moved into private control and the country’s main league expanded to sixteen teams. 🔗 eurasianet.org/kazakhstans-...
According to preliminary figures, 87 percent of votes cast supported the adoption of the new constitution, #Kazakhstan’s third since the country gained independence in 1991. Turnout hit 73 percent, according to Mukhtar Erman, the commission’s deputy director. 🔗 eurasianet.org/snap-referen...
As #Kazakh citizens prepare to vote March 15 on a new constitution, the buzzwords flashing up on billboards and at glitzy campaign events are “just and progressive.” 🔗 eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-p...
#Azerbaijan risks getting sucked into a widening Middle East conflict after #Iran conducted a drone attack March 5 on the #Nakhchivan exclave, wounding four civilians. 🔗 eurasianet.org/azerbaijan-t...
Largely overlooked because of the burgeoning conflict in the Middle East, “open war” has erupted between Pakistan and #Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership. The fighting all along its southern rim represents a major setback for Central Asia’s global trade agenda. 🔗 eurasianet.org/pakistan-afg...
Calm is prevailing in #Kyrgyzstan following President Sadyr Japarov’s power play earlier in February, when he purged his erstwhile right-hand man and his allies. 🔗 eurasianet.org/following-pu...
Georgian Dream has succeeded in hijacking #Georgian democracy over the past two years. Now, the ruling party in Tbilisi wants to compel citizens to acknowledge its rule as legitimate. 🔗 eurasianet.org/georgia-drea...
The Winter Olympics are over. But Mikhail Shaidorov’s shocking gold-medal-winning figure skating performance continues to fuel feelings of joy in #Kazakhstan, while showcasing a growing figure skating community in the #CentralAsian country. 🔗 eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-c...
#Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in #Washington on February 18, presided over the signing of a series of agreements laying the foundation for expanded and systematic economic cooperation with the #UnitedStates. 🔗 eurasianet.org/uzbekistan-a...