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Central Asia and the New Critical Minerals Frontier: Progress in Reshaping Global Supply Chains

Central Asia and the New Critical Minerals Frontier: Progress in Reshaping Global Supply Chains

The Caspian Policy Center published its first report dedicated to critical miner...

THE MIDDLE CORRIDOR MOMENT: How Central Asia and the South Caucasus Are Rewiring Eurasia

THE MIDDLE CORRIDOR MOMENT: How Central Asia and the South Caucasus Are Rewiring Eurasia

This report is produced by the Caspian Policy Center (CPC) ......

Caspian Policy Center to Host 9th Annual Trans-Caspian Forum

Caspian Policy Center to Host 9th Annual Trans-Caspian Forum

This year marks ten years of CPC bringing the Greater Caspian Region to the cent...

Armenia’s Defining Choice:   Why This Election Matters Beyond the South Caucasus

Armenia’s Defining Choice:  Why This Election Matters Beyond the South Caucasus

Armenia’s June 7 election is not so much a contest between political parties as ...

The Baku Energy Pivot: Why Azerbaijan Matters More Than Ever to Europe and the United States

The Baku Energy Pivot: Why Azerbaijan Matters More Than Ever to Europe and the United States

Record high-level engagement on the main stage and sidelines of Azerbaijan’s pre...

Armenia after Moscow:  Rubio’s Visit and Armenia’s Accelerating Turn West

Armenia after Moscow:  Rubio’s Visit and Armenia’s Accelerating Turn West

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s short trip to Yerevan on Tuesday, May 26...

Headlines from the Caspian: June 1, 2026

Headlines from the Caspian: June 1, 2026

Kazakhstan’s energy ministry confirmed on June 1 that crude oil output has retur...

Armenia in the Crosshairs:  Russian Disinformation and the Armenian Elections

Armenia in the Crosshairs:  Russian Disinformation and the Armenian Elections

Russian disinformation in the past capitalized on traditional media outlets, fro...

CPC Ambassadorial Series: Discussion with Edil Baisalov, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States

CPC Ambassadorial Series: Discussion with Edil Baisalov, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States

CPC hosted the Kyrgyz Republic’s newly appointed Ambassador to the United States...

Headlines from the Caspian: May 26, 2026

Headlines from the Caspian: May 26, 2026

Prime Minister of Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that the Akha...

Headlines from the Caspian: May 20, 2026

Headlines from the Caspian: May 20, 2026

Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said his country plans to increase fr...

Trans-Caspian Venture: How a Trilateral Gas Deal Could Strengthen East-West Connectivity

Trans-Caspian Venture: How a Trilateral Gas Deal Could Strengthen East-West Connectivity

Kurtis Yan

05/14/2026

A new trilateral oil and gas production sharing agreement has been signed...

Security of the Middle Corridor

Security of the Middle Corridor

Luke Coffey

05/13/2026

The war in Iran has had many geopolitical consequences. This is particularly tru...

Headlines from the Caspian: May 11, 2026

Headlines from the Caspian: May 11, 2026

Representatives from Uzbekistan and Afghanistan signed 13 investment contracts...

Extracting Good Mining Policy in Kyrgyzstan

Extracting Good Mining Policy in Kyrgyzstan

Jack Halsey

05/07/2026

The critical minerals industry in Central Asia is at a crossroads and in Kyrgyzs...

Headlines from the Caspian: May 4, 2026

Headlines from the Caspian: May 4, 2026

A major U.S.-linked mining deal in Kazakhstan is advancing plans to develop...

Historic Meeting of Azerbaijan’s and Ukraine’s Presidents Steps on Moscow’s Toes

Historic Meeting of Azerbaijan’s and Ukraine’s Presidents Steps on Moscow’s Toes

Jack Halsey

04/30/2026

If there was any chance for reinstituting Moscow’s and Baku’s historical working...