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A new gas reserve under the ACG oil field is expected to help Azerbaijan keep its promise to double gas exports to the European Union to 20 bcm a year by 2027. (Photo: BP)

Azerbaijan: New discovery raises odds that Baku can meet 2027 EU gas export target

Socar has exclusive purchase rights to vast new reserve.

David O'Byrne Sep 25, 2024

A commentary broadcast by Baku TV portrayed peace proponents Javid Agha, Bahruz Samadov, Samad Shikhi and others as members of a subversive network. (Photo: screenshot)

Azerbaijan: Victory hasn’t dimmed Aliyev’s ire for peace proponents

Opposition to war is akin to treason.

Sep 24, 2024

The spring protests were dominated by young Georgians, who may return to take the government to task at the ballot box in October. (Photo: Giorgi Lomsadze)

Georgia: Life imitating literature as youth challenges older generation

Tbilisi’s streets are now quiet. But scratch the surface and the protest mood that prevailed in the spring still runs strong among many Georgians.

Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 18, 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (second from left) speaks with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev during a meeting with German business executives in Astana on September 17. (Photo: akorda.kz)

Central Asian leaders seek German expertise to build manufacturing base

German chancellor’s Central Asian tour lays groundwork for win-win deals that can nudge region in Westward direction.

Sep 17, 2024

Turkmenistan: Another wrong turn taking Ashgabat into gas-export dead end

With swap deal bogging down, Turkey looks for alternatives.

David O'Byrne Sep 16, 2024

Nikol Pashinyan (right) greets an EU delegation in Yerevan on September 9. (Photo: primeminister.am)

Armenia and EU kickstart visa liberalization process

EU aiming to “sustain” Yerevan’s reform agenda.

Ani Avetisyan Sep 11, 2024

Trucks in Georgia line up at the Russian border. (Photo: Tamuna Chkareuli/OC Media)

Georgia, Kyrgyzstan face scrutiny over possible sanctions-busting

No fire, but lots of smoke.

Brawley Benson Aug 16, 2024

A screenshot of a program broadcast by Azerbaijan’s public television that criticized the EU and its relations with Armenia.

Azerbaijan: State-controlled media predicts both Armenia and EU will get burned by warming bilateral ties

An element of bitterness fuels media criticisms.

Aug 7, 2024

Georgia presents its wines at the Green Week international exhibition in Berlin in 2024. A new study identified Georgia’s wine and beverage sector as among those having the most promising export potential. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgian economy ready to compete in the EU – report

Tbilisi’s geopolitical pivot injects uncertainty into export growth prospects.

Brawley Benson Aug 6, 2024

An artist’s rendering of the Anaklia deepwater port. (Photo: Anaklia Development Consortium)

International Arbitration Court rules in favor of Georgian government on port development case

Full-speed ahead for Chinese consortium to construct Anaklia facility.

Brawley Benson Jul 30, 2024

A member of Georgian special operations forces pulls security as a Georgian UH-1 Iroquois helicopter lands on a building to extract soldiers during the Noble Partner exercise in Georgia in 2022. In early July 2024, the US announced the indefinite postponement of Noble Partner, and just days later partners in Europe halted major military aid packages for Georgia. (Photo: U.S. Special Operations Command Europe/Sgt. Michael)

Georgian Dream policies damaging Tbilisi’s national security – experts

Fractured relations with NATO raise chances of Russian mischief.

Brawley Benson Jul 24, 2024

Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan (left) with EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell in Brussels in February 2024. (Photo: mfa.am)

EU deepens engagement with Armenia, offering prospect of visa-free travel

Negotiations likely to take years.

Ani Avetisyan Jul 23, 2024

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan taking steps toward fulfilling green energy export vision

Draft agreement outlines scope of cooperation.

Almaz Kumenov Jul 18, 2024

US diplomat says Georgian Dream actions put Tbilisi’s Euro-Atlantic integration hopes at risk

Official points out that government policies are at odds with popular will.

Jul 16, 2024

Aliyev delivers opening remarks at the summit of the Organization of Turkic States on July 5. (Photo: president.az)

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev wants to make Turkic states group a major international player

Hungary’s Viktor Orban attends a summit of Turkic leaders as observer.

Jul 11, 2024

Georgia’s Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili (right) met with the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, Javier Colomina, on the sidelines of the NATO summit. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgia: FM tries to put positive spin on Georgian-NATO ties

The Pentagon and State Department are unhappy with Tbilisi’s recent “actions and statements.”

Ekaterina Venkina Jul 10, 2024

Georgia doesn’t have a national security strategy that accurately evaluates the threats and challenges to national security, and plans to prevent those threats, opposition lawmakers say. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgia: Lawmakers contend national security concept needs updating

Georgian Dream government reluctant to do anything that may rile Russia.

Brawley Benson Jul 9, 2024

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference ahead of the alliance’s summit in Washington. (Photo: NATO press service)

NATO Summit: Georgia and Armenia will get some attention

A carrot for Yerevan and maybe a stick for Tbilisi.

Ekaterina Venkina Jul 8, 2024

The ghost tower of Anaklia. The town seems like a graveyard of investment projects: there are empty villas, remnants of beach bars, and too many half-finished buildings to count. (All photos: Brawley Benson)

Georgia: In the doldrums at the fulcrum of a geopolitical pivot

Locals aren’t optimistic about Chinese consortium’s port plans for Anaklia.

Brawley Benson Jul 1, 2024

Georgian government officials present a bottle of Georgian wine to a senior Chinese executive at a trade fair in Shanghai. Tbilisi’s growing ties with and reliance on Beijing conflict with Georgia’s long-term ambitions. (Photo: gov.ge)

Perspectives: Georgia to be disappointed if it expects security guarantees from China

An unequal strategic partnership for Georgia.

Rasmus G. D. Hardt, Anders Streubel-Kristensen Jun 28, 2024

Crocus City Hall in Moscow burns after a terrorist attack in March 2024. ISKP, the terror group responsible for the attack, is believed to also be targeting Central Asia. (Photo: gov.ru)

Perspectives: ISKP posing rising threat to Central Asia

Outreach campaign shifts into top gear.

Lucas Webber Jun 25, 2024

A Caesar self-propelled howitzer. France announced the sale of 36 such howitzers to Armenia, which immediately sparked vitriolic responses from Azerbaijan and Russia. (Photo: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mikki L. Sprenkle)

French arms sale to Armenia fuels tension in Caucasus

Azerbaijani media raises specter of Third Karabakh War.

Ani Avetisyan Jun 24, 2024

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze shakes hands with Iranian officials in Tehran in late May. (Photo: gov.ge)

Georgia probing closer ties with Iran

Are tighter ties with Tehran part of a geopolitical pivot?

Brawley Benson Jun 19, 2024

Heads of state pose for the traditional family photo during the summit on peace in Ukraine, in Stansstad, Switzerland, June 15, 2024. (KEYSTONE/EDA/POOL/Michael Buholzer)

Swiss summit gives Georgia and Ukraine presidents chance to reaffirm commitment to European integration

Summit communique urges dialogue to end warfare without providing roadmap for talks.

Ekaterina Venkina Jun 17, 2024

An employee of Gazprom Kyrgyzstan at a station in Bishkek. Under a recently signed deal, Gazprom Kyrgyzstan will be supplied with Russian gas for 15 years, beginning in 2025. (Photo: bishkek.gov.kg)

Energy Roundup: Eurasian natural gas exporters making headway in reorienting operations

Russia looking south instead of west, while Azerbaijan aims to replace Russian supplies to EU.

David O'Byrne Jun 13, 2024

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