2018: Eurasianet’s year in review Our managing editor recaps the top stories of the year. David Trilling Dec 28, 2018
Bad debt to “disappear” in Georgia A near total bailout of delinquent loans brings relief to many Georgians, in spite of criticisms that it was a vote-buying scheme. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 20, 2018
Azerbaijanis displaced by war seek to keep memories alive A new generation of Azerbaijanis is growing up with no firsthand memory of the land from which their parents were displaced, and which the government vows to take back. Joshua Kucera Dec 19, 2018
Lavrov promises no “foreign soldiers” in Armenia. He wasn’t talking about Russians The Russian foreign minister made the comments while expressing concerns about U.S.-funded biological laboratories in Armenia. Joshua Kucera Dec 18, 2018
Could cryptocurrency leave Abkhazia in the dark? The de facto authorities are trying to regulate currency mining so that it doesn’t break the territory’s rickety power system this winter. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 12, 2018
Pashinyan-Lukashenko spat intensifies, threatening CSTO schism The dispute between Armenia and Belarus – along with its other post-Soviet allies – risks leaving Yerevan geopolitically exposed. Joshua Kucera Nov 21, 2018
Why has the Azerbaijani manat flatlined? Compared to other emerging-market currencies facing turmoil, Azerbaijan’s hasn’t budged despite a government promise to let it float. Samten Bhutia Nov 15, 2018
Georgian coal town longs for Chinese rescue Locals need the jobs; environmentalists and transparency activists are aghast. Nicholas Muller Nov 13, 2018
Iran sanctions herald energy trouble for Caucasus nations Azerbaijan is in the most complicated position, as it has plans to jointly develop shared oil and gas fields with Iran. David O'Byrne Nov 8, 2018
Unearthed remains of Soviet poet at center of Azerbaijani power struggle The poet was executed in 1938, and the whereabouts of his remains had been unknown until an Azerbaijani-Russian oligarch claimed to have found them. Lamiya Adilgizi Nov 7, 2018
Turkmenistan threatens Belarusian company with international arbitration A Belarusian-built potash plant is producing way less than it should. Nov 6, 2018
Perspectives | Tourism sustains, and threatens, Georgia’s highland heritage Tales of an authentic society living at the edge of time fail to account for higher living standards in the Soviet heyday. A visual commentary by Stefan Applis Nov 2, 2018
Putin charms Uzbekistan with big deals, huge delegation Some $27 billion worth of commercial deals were signed during his visit to Tashkent. Oct 22, 2018
Marijuana exports become the talk of Georgia's presidential campaign The opposition claims that kingmaker Bidzina Ivanishvili is aiming to be “Georgia's Pablo Escobar.” Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 19, 2018
Events | Moscow not worried about trade disparity with China – Russian scholar A leading Russian expert on China says their unequal relationship is nothing to worry about, for now. Oct 16, 2018