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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...