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Beyond Investment: How Uzbekistan Is Building a Modern Capital Market

Beyond Investment: How Uzbekistan Is Building a Modern Capital Market

Uzbekistan is entering a new stage of financial reform...

Tanker Strikes at CPC Terminal Renew Pressure on Kazakhstan’s Oil Industry

Tanker Strikes at CPC Terminal Renew Pressure on Kazakhstan’s Oil Industry

Erin Malloy

07/30/2026

Kazakhstan resumed exporting crude oil on July 27 after a week-long suspension o...

Caspian Sea Security

Caspian Sea Security

Luke Coffey

07/29/2026

With the growing importance of the Middle Corridor, especially as geopolitical t...

Beyond Competition: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan’s Role in Regional Integration

Beyond Competition: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan’s Role in Regional Integration

As Central Asia attracts growing international attention, Kazakhstan and Uzbekis...

Uzbekistan’s Fifth Tashkent Forum Closes with $43 Billion in Deals and a Broader Pitch for Reform

Uzbekistan’s Fifth Tashkent Forum Closes with $43 Billion in Deals and a Broader Pitch for Reform

Tashkent hosted its fifth annual Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF)...

Pashinyan and Mishustin Meet as Russian-Armenian Trade Slides

Pashinyan and Mishustin Meet as Russian-Armenian Trade Slides

Erin Malloy

07/21/2026

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his first trip since reelection to ...

Uzbekistan Looks West: Georgia Emerges as a Critical Gateway to Europe

Uzbekistan Looks West: Georgia Emerges as a Critical Gateway to Europe

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s July 2-3  state visit to Tbilisi...

No More Fuel for the Fire? What the Russian Fuel Crisis Means for the Caspian Region

No More Fuel for the Fire? What the Russian Fuel Crisis Means for the Caspian Region

Despite its vast energy wealth, Russia is now facing a growing fuel crisis of it...

The Organization of Turkic States as a Platform for Cooperation, Not Confrontation

The Organization of Turkic States as a Platform for Cooperation, Not Confrontation

Erin Malloy

07/16/2026

Western analysts have portrayed the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) as an em...

DFC’s Trans-Caspian Tour Signals Expanding Investment Pipeline

DFC’s Trans-Caspian Tour Signals Expanding Investment Pipeline

The United States appears to be serious about increasing significant and strateg...

Next Step: Tokayev’s Visit to Brussels Strengthens EU-Kazakhstan Relations

Next Step: Tokayev’s Visit to Brussels Strengthens EU-Kazakhstan Relations

Kurtis Yan

07/09/2026

Kazakhstan, and Central Asia as a whole, is a natural global gateway....

The EU is Invested in the Middle Corridor

The EU is Invested in the Middle Corridor

Julia Mohr

07/07/2026

The increasing importance of the Middle Corridor was once again affirmed during ...

Connectivity Between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Takes Flight

Connectivity Between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Takes Flight

Julia Mohr

06/26/2026

Expanding flight service between two countries is often a bellwether of increasi...

Wiring Peace: How the Armenia–Azerbaijan Internet Deal Advances a Digital Silk Road

Wiring Peace: How the Armenia–Azerbaijan Internet Deal Advances a Digital Silk Road

Lilly Horrigan

06/26/2026

In a notable demonstration of cooperation in the South Caucasus, Telecom Armenia...

AI’s New Great Game in the Caspian: Firebird Rises in Armenia and Kazakhstan

AI’s New Great Game in the Caspian: Firebird Rises in Armenia and Kazakhstan

Lilly Horrigan

06/24/2026

In Astana, the Government of Kazakhstan signed an agreement with San Francisco-b...

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...

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...