Astana has struck a happy medium between neither antagonising nor warming up to an increasingly belligerent Moscow, while simultaneously cultivating stronger commercial...
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Movements like Holy Struggle highlight the Armenian public’s deep frustration with the status quo but also underscore the limitations of relying on charismatic leaders...
From Ukraine’s ongoing resilience in the face of Russia’s brutal aggression to rigged elections in Georgia, political stalemate in Bulgaria, and the shooting of...
As the recent ousting of Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad proves, no autocracy is permanent—and that includes the regime of Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. In late...
Data show a significant slowdown in new foreign greenfield investment in most countries of the region: only Moldova has seen an increase. International investors are...
Moldova is an example for other small countries tethered economically to Moscow—reorientation of the economy is not just possible, but essential. Tethered for decades to...
Despite relatively positive economic indicators, Azerbaijan faces several challenges in its diversification efforts, with the country’s heavy reliance on the oil and gas...
Washington ignores Armenia’s growing integration with Russia, Yerevan’s infringement of Western sanctions against Russia, and its close relationship with Iran, an enemy...
Armenia’s ability to diversify its sources of foreign investment will be key to its long-term wellbeing, alongside the modernisation of key sectors such as agriculture...
Despite Western misperceptions, little has changed in the geopolitics of the South Caucasus. Armenia remains enmeshed with Russia and Azerbaijan remains outside Russia’s...
By overturning four years of Estonian dominance to become Emerging Europe’s new investment promotion champion, Latvia confirms that it really is no longer the Baltic...
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news of Ukraine’s ongoing advance inside Russia’s Kursk region...