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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 ...

Merging the Ecological and Trade Challenges of the Caspian

Merging the Ecological and Trade Challenges of the Caspian

A looming shortage of potable water driven by rising global temperatures and poo...

Central Asia in Focus: Kazakhstan Imprisons Citizen Who Fought in Ukraine

Central Asia in Focus: Kazakhstan Imprisons Citizen Who Fought in Ukraine

Bruce Pannier

12/07/2023

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Central Asia in Focus

Central Asia in Focus

Bruce Pannier

11/29/2023

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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...

Central Asia in Focus: Two Afghan Governments Represented in Tajikistan

Central Asia in Focus: Two Afghan Governments Represented in Tajikistan

Bruce Pannier

11/16/2023

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Is the United States Out of Steppe?  Addressing Central Asia’s Crossroads Moment

Is the United States Out of Steppe? Addressing Central Asia’s Crossroads Moment

Central Asia is a rapidly changing region.  What was unimaginable even a few yea...

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, ...

China’s Charm Offensive in Central Asia

China’s Charm Offensive in Central Asia

During China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum on October 17-18, Chinese Pr...

Iranian Defense Minister Visits Tajikistan

Iranian Defense Minister Visits Tajikistan

While Iran embarks on a security offensive to the West, it is looking to enlarge...

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...

Central Asia in Focus

Central Asia in Focus

Bruce Pannier

11/01/2023

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Azerbaijan’s Changing Foreign Relations: The New View from Baku

Azerbaijan’s Changing Foreign Relations: The New View from Baku

A delegation from the Caspian Policy Center (CPC) visited Baku October 23-27 to ...

The Beginning of An End to the CIS?

The Beginning of An End to the CIS?

Meray Ozat

10/30/2023

On October 13, in Russian President Putin’s first foreign trip since the Interna...

Central Asia in Focus

Central Asia in Focus

Bruce Pannier

10/26/2023

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