Eurasianet

Low-key coverage of Xi’s Central Asian tour highlights China’s Russia dilemma.

As Baku steps up its threats, is Yerevan willing to make heavy concessions under the barrel of a gun?

Georgians want to help Ukrainians fleeing the war, but there are political and economic hurdles in the way.

In South Ossetia, meanwhile, the authorities have remained completely silent on the issue. Most residents in both territories hold Russian citizenship, raising the prospect they could be drafted.

Russia’s war is coming to Kazakhstan in droves, again.

Immediately following the heavy fighting, pro-government media promoted an irredentist Azerbaijani project on Armenian territory. Then, just as quickly, they disavowed it.

Several activists and politicians have been branded “traitors” on government-linked social media after they expressed their opposition to Azerbaijan’s recent attacks against Armenia.

Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking American official ever to visit Armenia, and it came at a critical time during the country’s conflict with Azerbaijan.

Echoes of war drowned out talk of peace.

The Chinese president was undoubtedly the most powerful man in the room.

Days before Azerbaijan launched an assault against Armenia, Armenians began using a new, Azerbaijan-constructed road to travel between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.

Enthusiasm for this round of fighting is less than in 2020, with some prominent figures even openly opposing the new escalation.

In the wake of Azerbaijan’s offensive, Armenia’s leader signaled that he would be willing to cede control of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan.

Tension between the two sides has been exacerbated by continuing disagreement of the nature of a road that would connect the two parts of Azerbaijan through Armenian territory.

The attacks come as Russia, Armenia’s security guarantor, has been getting routed in Ukraine.