Eurasianet

A better-connected GBAO would benefit Dushanbe and Beijing, but could change the face of a unique region.

The events occurred in the same days that led to the rise of President Sadyr Japarov.

The visit came shortly after the top U.S. general in the region dropped by.

A new report argues that the environmental and human rights problems caused by the Amulsar gold mine development have yet to be addressed. But it appears to be going forward.

The four smuggling tunnels found so far may only be a small part of the total.

Starting in July, all major transactions will have to be made electronically. But some are skeptical of how it will all work.

The announcement prompted a half-full-or-half-empty debate in Georgia, which is now closer than ever to EU membership but behind Ukraine and Moldova.

The head of a body overseeing judges is heard being blackmailed to resign; he then was suspended and replaced with a loyalist to the prime minister.

She used her first-ever veto to try to block a controversial surveillance bill as the government blusters in its response to criticism from Europe.

Recent moves toward restoring relations with Armenia’s traditional enemies have run into strong resistance from the global diaspora. But will it make a difference?

Conventional media outlets have all been obliterated by the government.

Democracy relies on a language of compromise and mediation. Georgia’s political elite, however, is fixated on “traitors” and “enemies.”

Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.

The mass slaughter of animals in the syncretic pagan-Christian Lomisoba festival is out of step with 21st-century mores, some Georgians argue.

The news from Brussels represented a significant step forward for Georgia’s European aspirations, but Ukraine and Moldova were offered quicker paths toward EU accession.