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Azerbaijan Strengthens Commitment to Double Gas Exports to Europe

Azerbaijan Strengthens Commitment to Double Gas Exports to Europe

Toghrul Ali

03/08/2024

Doubling gas exports from Azerbaijan to the European Union (EU) has been a prima...

How Loss in the Karabakh Conflict has Affected, or Not Affected, Armenian Politics

How Loss in the Karabakh Conflict has Affected, or Not Affected, Armenian Politics

In September, after a short Azerbaijani military operation, the 30-year separati...

Georgia is Improving Relations with China. Can it Still Balance with Europe?

Georgia is Improving Relations with China. Can it Still Balance with Europe?

In recent years, Georgia has found itself increasingly at the crux of several di...

Kobakhidze Takes Over as Prime Minister in Georgia

Kobakhidze Takes Over as Prime Minister in Georgia

On February 8, the Parliament of Georgia confirmed the nomination of Irakli Koba...

The European Union Enhances its Presence in The Caspian Region

The European Union Enhances its Presence in The Caspian Region

Foreign policy generally describes current realities and predicts what the acade...

Russia On the Back Foot in the Black Sea: Implications for Georgia and the Caspian Region

Russia On the Back Foot in the Black Sea: Implications for Georgia and the Caspian Region

Russia has been forced to shift tactics in the Black Sea. Since the beginning of...

Azerbaijan’s 2024 Chairmanship of GUAM: Opportunity for Greater Regional Cohesion

Azerbaijan’s 2024 Chairmanship of GUAM: Opportunity for Greater Regional Cohesion

As Ukraine passes the baton of chairmanship of GUAM to Azerbaijan for 2024, this...

Armenia and Azerbaijan are Committed to Peace, Yes, But…

Armenia and Azerbaijan are Committed to Peace, Yes, But…

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev h...

Signs Point to an Azerbaijan-Armenia Normalization Deal

Signs Point to an Azerbaijan-Armenia Normalization Deal

The new year appears to be bringing in a new peace deal for Azerbaijan and Armen...

Most Significant Security Challenges and Opportunities for the Caspian Region: Georgian Perspective

Most Significant Security Challenges and Opportunities for the Caspian Region: Georgian Perspective

Victor Kipiani

01/08/2024

These currents of polycrisis – the war in Ukraine, post-pandemic aftershocks, an...

The Caspian Region Did Not Wait for Opportunity in 2023 What Lies Ahead for 2024?

The Caspian Region Did Not Wait for Opportunity in 2023 What Lies Ahead for 2024?

Perhaps the greatest indicator of change in 2023 was the accelerating speed of e...

Reshaping Realities in the Caspian Region: 2023 in Review

Reshaping Realities in the Caspian Region: 2023 in Review

In 2023, migration flows from Central Asia saw both continuity and the beginning...

Profiles in Power: 2023 in Review

Profiles in Power: 2023 in Review

July of 2023 saw a snap election in Uzbekistan allowing for the re-election of P...

The Western Pursuit: 2023 in Review

The Western Pursuit: 2023 in Review

On the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York ...

The Russians Want to Build a Super-State. It May Now Include Parts of Georgia.

The Russians Want to Build a Super-State. It May Now Include Parts of Georgia.

Rhetoric around the formation of a Union State to include Georgia’s breakaway te...

Ambassador Richard Hoagland: US Should Cluster the Caucasus With Central Asia

Ambassador Richard Hoagland: US Should Cluster the Caucasus With Central Asia

Ambassador Richard Hoagland is a retired career diplomat who has a bird’s-eye vi...

Take Aways from Tbilisi’s Silk Road Forum: Caucasus Lean into Regional Connectivity

Take Aways from Tbilisi’s Silk Road Forum: Caucasus Lean into Regional Connectivity

Over 2,000 representatives from over 60 countries gathered in Tbilisi, Georgia, ...

With Different Mediation Preferences, Armenia-Azerbaijan Talks Hit Impediments

With Different Mediation Preferences, Armenia-Azerbaijan Talks Hit Impediments

With the reincorporation of Karabakh underway and hostilities in the region larg...