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Water management infrastructure on the Kazakh side of the Aral Sea. The Kazakh government Aral revival plan centers on achieving efficiencies in water management and accumulation. (Photo: gov.kz)

Water level is rising in Kazakhstan’s portion of Aral Sea

Jan 22, 2025

Kazakh officials aim to revive fisheries, promote ecotourism.

Businesses in Georgia stage warning strike

Brawley Benson Jan 16, 2025

Concern growing that Georgian Dream’s political course will have bad economic consequences.

Georgia roiled by arrest of prominent media executive

Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 15, 2025

Police employ violent tactics with impunity while media manager languishes in pre-trial detention.

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Trump administration likely to pursue steady US trade course in Central Asia

Almaz Kumenov Jan 21, 2025

Hopes rise for fast repeal of Jackson-Vanik trade restrictions.

Russian exiles debate ways to influence events in their homeland

Irakli Machaidze Jan 17, 2025

There is not much to be done to counter Putin’s iron grip on Russian society.

Uzbekistan: Natural resources generating the bulk of state revenue

Jan 16, 2025

Mining and energy companies leading the way for Tashkent.

Uzbekistan unveils plan to upgrade Middle Corridor trade

Jan 15, 2025

Presidential decree calls for streamlined customs procedures.

Both sides in Georgia look to Trump administration for boost

Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 21, 2025

Which side will get to Trump first?

A road in Nakhchivan. Aliyev has revived a demand for extraterritorial rights on a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan proper to its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenian territory. (Photo: gov.az)

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev places Zangezur corridor back on peace process agenda

Jan 17, 2025

Russia shouldn’t get its hopes up about a revival of its peacekeeping role.

Central Asia

Russian leader Vladimir Putin visits a factory producing surveillance and kamikaze drones. Russian-made UCAVs reportedly contain many parts illicitly imported via intermediaries. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

Japan joins US and EU in sanctioning Kazakh entity

Tajikistan’s macro outlook contrasts sharply with its micro reality. (Photo: USAID)

A tale of two Tajikistans: the macro and micro realities

(Photo: Neil Banas, CC BY-NC 2.0, tinyurl.com/23aab3my)

After COP29: What’s next for climate action?

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan (left) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for photos after signing a Strategic Partnership Commission Charter in Washington D.C. on January 14. (Photo: Chuck Kennedy, U.S. Department of State)

Armenia formalizes closer ties with the West

Georgia is split into two parallel worlds, with the protesters being on one side, and the government on the other. (Photo: Salome Zourabichvili’s official Facebook page)

Georgia’s two parallel realities

A protest in Batumi. (Photo: Katharine Khamhaengwong)

Georgia protests: The view from Adjara

The official launch of the project on December 27 was purely ceremonial, and construction is not expected to start till July 2025 at the earliest. (Photo: president.kg)

China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway officially launched, but sidetracked at least until summer

The waste-to-energy plant is expected to become operational in 2025 or 2026. (Photo: Bishkek Mayor’s Office)

Kyrgyzstan: Chinese firm scores a sweetheart deal to turn Bishkek’s garbage into profits

The Bakurtsikhe-Tsnori road in Georgia was built in 2024 by China Communications Construction Company as part of efforts to boost and streamline traffic via the Middle Corridor. China and Georgia signed an MoU in September committing to jointly develop infrastructure, streamline customs procedures, and improve security and digitization of logistics. (Photo: gov.ge)

China expanding economic presence in South Caucasus

Prominent Putin critic Ilya Yashin speaks during a panel discussion on January 16 in Vienna. (Video screenshot)

Russian exiles debate ways to influence events in their homeland

Putin meets with Chechen siloviki during a visit to Chechnya in August 2024. Putin has little incentive to tangle with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, given the Kremlin’s strategic needs of keeping Chechnya calm. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

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Both sides in Georgia look to Trump administration for boost

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev places Zangezur corridor back on peace process agenda

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Japan joins US and EU in sanctioning Kazakh entity

A tale of two Tajikistans: the macro and micro realities

After COP29: What’s next for climate action?

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Armenia formalizes closer ties with the West

Georgia’s two parallel realities

Georgia protests: The view from Adjara

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China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway officially launched, but sidetracked at least until summer

Kyrgyzstan: Chinese firm scores a sweetheart deal to turn Bishkek’s garbage into profits

China expanding economic presence in South Caucasus

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Russian exiles debate ways to influence events in their homeland

The Chechen factor complicates efforts to ease Azerbaijani-Russian tension

Abkhazia sees the Kremlin’s dark side