Five years after Armenia’s pro-European colour revolution, disappointment with Russia as an economic and security partner is higher than ever. Nonetheless, European...
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The 23 countries of emerging Europe and the five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan make use of many sub-regional...
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s re-election as president of Turkey last month means the country is set to continue its engagement with the South Caucasus and Central Asia...
As North Macedonia and Armenia move closer to international institutions Russia deems hostile, Moscow has sought to punish them by restricting agricultural imports. That...
Armenia’s prime minister looks set to officially accept Azerbaijan’s territory as encompassing the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. A peace deal between the two...
The EU’s concept of a ‘greater European neighbourhood’ has finally emerged, and it encompasses most of the former USSR. In 2014 the European Union was naïve in its...
As Baku revives talk of territorial expansion, protests across Iran continue, and Azeris blockade the only road connecting the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh to...
You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including explainers and articles offering context and background information here...
You can read all of our coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including explainers and articles offering context and background information here...
New legal analysis reveals several serious breaches of the constitution of Kazakhstan by the authorities during the tragic events of January 2022. Article 34.1 of the...
The Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) has been given a boost by its role in putting down protests in Kazakhstan. A state of emergency and curfew...
When a plane carrying CSTO forces arrived in Kazakhstan late on January 5, it was the first time that the alliance had deployed forces to intervene in a conflict in a...