AnalysisAzerbaijan
Trans-Caspian Links: The Growing Investment Portfolio Between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan
Cooperation between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan remains vital as the two sides look to bolster trans-Caspian relations
Kurtis Yan·
Research
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Media Highlights
Headlines from the Caspian: August 31, 2026
The governor of Herat, Afghanistan, stated that its local section of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India
Caspian Policy Center·
AnalysisAzerbaijan
Azerbaijan and Ukraine: A Deepening Partnership
On Ukraine’s Independence Day, the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku was illuminated in the colors of the Ukrainian flag
Luke Coffey·
AnalysisCentral Asia
Central Asia in the Global Scam Economy
In July, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and State Security Service shut down two fraudulent call centers
Dr. Akbota Karibayeva Meyer·
AnalysisEconomy
Catholics and Communists: Memory of Soviet Deportations in Polish-Kazakh Relations Today
A crowd of people stands in the shadow of a bright white church looming up out of the steppe ...
Liam Gibson·
Briefing
Europe - Caspian Briefing, Aug 25, 2026
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye and Bulgaria are holding negotiations on the creation of a new overland electricity
Caspian Policy Center·
AnalysisMiddle Corridor
Shipbuilding on the Caspian Sea
The Caspian Sea has found itself increasingly under pressure. From one side, Ukrainian strikes hammer Russian
Liam Gibson·
Media Highlights
Headlines from the Caspian: August 24, 2026
Your quick primer on the latest developments in the Caspian this week...
Caspian Policy Center·
AnalysisUzbekistan
The Mirziyoyev-Trump Call: A Strategic Signal for U.S. Investment in Uzbekistan
The August 7 phone call between Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and U.S. President Donald Trump might look at first glace
Ana Maria Kvatashidze·
AnalysisCentral Asia
Central Asians and Mongolians in South Korea: Established Diasporas and New Migration
In the heart of Seoul, signs in Cyrillic letters and references to Central Asia line narrow streets
Kurtis Yan·
Media Highlights
Headlines from the Caspian: August 17, 2026
Azerbaijani exports to Armenia totaled $17.32 million in January–July 2026
Caspian Policy Center·
AnalysisWater Security
Afghanistan's Qosh Tepa Canal and the Limits of Central Asia's Water Governance
The greatest threat posed by Afghanistan’s Qosh Tepa Canal might not be the amount of water
Ana Maria Kvatashidze·
AnalysisPress Releases
From Dialogue to Delivery: The Cholpon-Ata Summit and Next Steps for Trans-Caspian Cooperation
The recent C6 Summit in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, marked another milestone in the evolution of regional cooperation
Caspian Policy Center·
AnalysisTajikistan
Tajikistan’s Water Paradox: Can New Money Fix an Old Constraint?
Tajikistan is both water-rich and power-poor, and a wave of international financing arriving this summer
Zohra Movsumova, Liam Gibson·
Briefing
Europe - Caspian Briefing, Aug 11, 2026
Dredging works officially started at Anaklia Deep Sea Port on 2 August
Caspian Policy Center·
AnalysisSecurity
Putin’s Vanishing Empire
For more than three decades, Russia has insisted that the former Soviet republics
Dr. Eric Rudenshiold·
AnalysisMiddle Corridor
Commentary: The Middle Corridor: A Work in Progress
President Xi Jinping first introduced the concept of what now includes the Middle Corridor
Ambassador (Ret.) Richard E. Hoagland·
AnalysisKazakhstan
Beyond Politics: Can Kazakhstan’s New Constitution Strengthen Its Investment Climate?
Constitutional reforms are rarely viewed as instruments of economic policy
Aigerim Orynbassar·