Eurasianet

Our managing editor recaps the trends and stories that dominated the year, and shares a few of his favorite pieces.

The challenge for parties allowed to compete was not winning, but living up to new expectations.

There are few illusions that upcoming votes will be fair. Nevertheless, opposition activists see in them an unprecedented opportunity.

The International Crisis Group makes novel suggestions on some of the thorniest issues surrounding the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

With a park, garbage trucks, and now a waste-processing facility, watchdog groups are questioning the city government’s many gifts from politically connected businessmen.

The Georgian government held a mass demonstration partly to claim that its supporters can outnumber protesters, a well-established tactic in Georgia’s political playbook.

The draft bill will be a test of whether the new parliament is a credible public tribune.

The deportation of a controversial video blogger from Ukraine came just days before President Volodymyr Zelensky’s first official visit to Baku.

The Georgian parliament’s hall reeked of “dung” and had to be evacuated following a stink bomb attack by protesters opposing the ruling party.

A new book examines the mirrored geopolitical visions at the heart of the conflict.

Before it took power seven years ago, the Georgian Dream party asked citizens to put their wishes for the country in a box. Now, as the party is girding for critical elections, Eurasianet peeks inside.

Kyrgyz passports keep ending up in the hands of assassins.

A friendly message from Ramzan Kadyrov has heightened speculation about the future of Armenia’s former top security official.

Only pro-government parties are allowed to compete in parliamentary elections this month.

Georgia’s behind-the-scenes ruler has made his most extensive comments to date on Georgia’s ongoing political crisis, also indulging in long digressions into psychoanalysis and motherhood.