After months of blockading the Lachin Corridor, Azerbaijan’s aim has become clear: Baku wants to reconfigure supply lines to Karabakh through Azerbaijan proper to...
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Opposition in Georgia to cultural and economic ties with Russia has served to remind a global audience that Moscow occupies not just part of Ukraine, but also Georgia...
The countries of Central Asia are eager to capitalise on their strategic location but need investment from capital-rich donors. In mid-July the heads of state of...
Lesser countries with lesser leaders have previously been hamstrung by wars on their doorsteps. Moldova, blessed with a president of steely determination, has instead...
In Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, a city which tens of thousands of Russians have made their home over the past 18 months, graffiti makes it abundantly clear what the...
As governments and civil society organisations in the region work to fight illicit financial flows, recent geopolitical developments have made that important work...
To become fully aware of the benefits of EU membership, it is worth considering what a member country’s economy would look like if it had not joined. A Polish think tank...
Slovenia today is a developed, high-income economy with a higher GDP per capita in purchasing power parity than Spain, Poland, or any of the three Baltic states. A...
Russia is making common cause with Iran and its Persian Gulf neighbours in a bid to kickstart the much touted ‘new world order’, albeit at the risk of becoming entirely...
Russia is once again using the threat of global hunger in a cynical attempt to get what it wants. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—both countries being global leaders in...
‘The fastest way to rebuild and restore the Ukrainian economy will be with low-fare air travel,’ says Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary. In October 2021...
Amid renewed talk of high-speed trains running from Bucharest to Budapest, the fastest way to speed up connections between Hungary and Romania would be the...