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Corruption continues to be one of the most pressing problems affecting many countries across Eurasia. (Photo: Social media video screenshot)

Armenia, Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan showing progress in fighting graft – watchdog survey

Feb 12, 2025

Widespread persistent corruption threatens effective climate action.

Georgia: Pliant parliament acting swiftly to throttle democratic practices

Feb 7, 2025

Tbilisi moving past the authoritarian point of no return.

Analysis: Armenian prime minister sells his ‘peace agenda’ in Washington

Feb 6, 2025

A fine commodity in an uncertain market.

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Armenia: Refugee children missing out on education – UNICEF report

Feb 11, 2025

Many also in need of mental health services.

Media advocacy group highlights damage done by State Department-USAID funding freeze

Feb 10, 2025

Exiled Russian independent outlets in especially tough spot.

Azerbaijan shuts down foreign aid agencies

Feb 7, 2025

Baku is sending a message to Moscow.

Uzbekistan: The poverty rate continues to plunge

Feb 6, 2025

But are the impoverished being undercounted?

US Energy Department offers fresh figures on Caspian Basin energy reserves & production

Feb 11, 2025

A comprehensive overview of the regional energy sector.

A Kazakhstani officer inspects the site of the Azerbaijani jetliner’s crash near Aktau in December 2024. The release of preliminary findings by Kazakhstani investigators into the incident further heightened Azeri-Russian tensions. (Photo: gov.kz)

Azerbaijan and Russia back at it over downing of civilian jetliner

Feb 10, 2025

Name-calling and truculence mark latest exchanges.

Central Asia

Food prices kept inching up in Caucasus and Central Asia in 2024 – World Bank report

Kazakhstan: Authorities aren’t joking about prosecuting satirical social media channel

Emomali Rahmon with his son and heir-apparent Rustam Emomali. (Photo: Rustam Emomali’s official Facebook page)

Tajikistan: Personnel reshuffle creates glide path for dynastic transition of power

Azerbaijan: Historic area of capital faces demolition threats to make way for parks

Imedi TV presented the burning of an effigy of Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili by protesters as a “satanic ritual” of burning a coffin containing a likeness of Jesus Christ. (Screenshot)

Opinion: The West needs to take a hard look at Georgian Dream’s propaganda operation

Azerbaijani medical professionals participate in a training conducted by WHO specialists with the support of USAID Azerbaijan in 2023. The Azerbaijani government has barred USAID from conducting activities in Azerbaijan since June 2024. (Photo: WHO, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO)

Trump Administration’s arrival doesn’t mean automatic reset for US-Azerbaijani relations

The Khorgos Gateway dry port on the Chinese-Kazakh border. Trade with Kazakhstan accounted for nearly half of China’s turnover with Central Asian states in 2024. (Photo: gov.kz)

China enhances position as Central Asia’s economic overlord

Jackson-Vanik repeal expectations are based on comments made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his confirmation hearings earlier in January at which he described the amendment as “an absurd relic of the past” and expressed a commitment to improving trade relations with Central Asian states. (Screenshot)

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

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

Kazakh officials at the scene of the Azeri plane crash in Aktau on December 25. Kazakhstan released a preliminary report on the incident on February 4. (Photo: gov.kz)

Kazakh preliminary report on jet crash backs Azerbaijani assertions of accidental Russian shoot-down

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Adylbek Kasymaliyev (second, left) and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin meet in Moscow on January 31. (Photo: gov.kg)

Kyrgyzstan resists Russian pressure to give sanctions-busting firms lenient treatment

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

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