Eurasianet

To each their own annus horribilis.

The mood in Baku is triumphal but it’s heavy and vengeful rather than joyous.

In the early days of the pandemic, Georgia enjoyed one of the most enviable rates in the world. Things began to fall apart in late summer.

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.

A facile and naïve plan being discussed in Washington risks backfiring on Iran’s minority Christians.

Georgians go to the polls for legislative elections on October 31 after an unexpectedly eventful campaign season.

The president bets on a big infrastructure program to reinvigorate his political fortunes.

Some are speaking out against the conflict despite fears the government’s strong support for Azerbaijan could fuel nationalist reprisals.

While it would be wrong to start pointing fingers and formulating conspiracy theories, clearly the risks are many and real.

A digest, updated daily, on how the pandemic is plundering Eurasia's economies.

The Georgian government’s strict, successful early response earned it political dividends. But with a new outbreak, that success is coming under question.

With their borders still largely closed, Georgians hit the beach and let their guard down. The epidemiological result was inevitable.

Armenia is taking a faster route to in-person classes than its Caucasus neighbors, but it is adopting a number of precautions to make sure that schools don’t spread the virus.

Tofig Yagublu was detained shortly after the president warned that the opposition was using the coronavirus to destabilize Azerbaijan. Now even pro-government MPs are calling for his release.

The under-the-surface schism within the government has dominated public discourse in Azerbaijan in recent weeks.