Beauty Ban: Turkmenistan Puts Severe Restrictions On Women's Appearance, Ability To Travel May 05, 2022
Kazakhstan: Political Party Reshuffle Hints at the Arrival of a New Order Tokayev says he wants to see more competition, but he clearly wants his former Amanat party to be first among equals. May 03, 2022
Kidnapped Outside Mariupol Huseyn Abdullayev, an Azerbaijani student held for a month by Russian troops, tells of daily abuse, torture, and apparent extrajudicial executions. April 29, 2022
Armenia and Russia Working to Dedollarize Bilateral Trade The central banks are discussing a ruble-dram exchange to facilitate the move from dollars. April 22, 2022
South Ossetia Says it Will Seek to Join Russia It’s not the first time the breakaway Georgian territory’s de facto authorities have signaled the intention. In the past Russia has blown the calls off, but its calculations may be different now. March 31, 2022
Azerbaijani Student Reportedly Captured by Russian Troops in Mariupol A 20-year-old Azerbaijani student has reportedly been captured by ethnic Chechen Russian troops in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol as he was attempting to flee the country. March 24, 2022
Azerbaijan, Iran Sign Transport Deal Bypassing Armenia The route is an alternative to a corridor crossing Armenia, one of Azerbaijan’s key demands since the 2020 ceasefire. March 22, 2022
Uzbekistan Calls for an End to Aggression in Ukraine Tashkent’s support for Ukraine's territorial integrity is notable considering its deep diplomatic and economic ties with Russia. March 17, 2022
Interview With Rap Artist Payam Turk: My Music Breaks Stereotypes Around Azerbaijani-Turkish in Iran March 16, 2022
Armenia Anticipates Influx of Russian Businesses, Capital As they struggle to manage the new sanctions regime, many Russian IT firms are looking at Armenia as a potential new home. March 11, 2022
‘Why I Burnt My Russian Internal Passport’ At a demonstration in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on 25 February, Anton Mikhalchuk, a citizen of Russia, set alight his Russian internal passport, his identification documents, in support of Ukraine. Anton tells the story of fleeing to Georgia from repression in his homeland, and what Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means to him. March 03, 2022
Azerbaijani MPs Visit Armenia for the First Time in a Decade Two Azerbaijani MPs have visited Yerevan as participants in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly hosted by Armenia. The last time Azerbaijani MPs had stepped foot on Armenian soil was in 2012. February 22, 2022
The Return of More Armenian Detainees and Azerbaijani MIA Remains. Small Steps Towards Peace? February 15, 2022
Armenia, Georgia Battle over Yogurt The Caucasus neighbors have started a food fight over the fermented milk product that is the region’s pride and joy. February 15, 2022
Georgia’s Displaced People: A Life in Limbo The suicide of a man who was forced to flee Abkhazia 30 years ago has put the spotlight on the emotional and economic plight of hundreds of thousands of Georgian IDPs. February 03, 2022
Central Asia Struck by Major Region-wide Blackout The cause of the blackout is not yet clear, but fingers are being pointed at Kazakhstan. January 25, 2022
Kyrgyzstan: Town Near Tajik Border Renamed in Nationalist Gesture Isfana is to be renamed after a venerated first secretary of the Kyrgyz Communist Party. January 03, 2022
Chess King Carlsen Loses to 17-year-old Uzbek Sensation Magnus Carlsen was beaten at the World Rapid Championship by an Uzbek youngster. December 29, 2021
Railway Linkages Between Armenia and Azerbaijan to Restart – Brussels Meeting Produces an Apparent Breakthrough December 16, 2021
The International Court of Justice Tells Both Azerbaijan and Armenia to Tone Down the Ethnic Discord December 08, 2021
Another Maps-for-Detainees Deal Sees 10 Captured Armenians Return Home from Azerbaijan December 06, 2021
New American Company Seeks to Realize Trans-Caspian Pipe Dream The new proposal’s modest scope, and new diplomatic developments, could finally make the pipeline feasible. December 02, 2021
Migration Out of Armenia Spikes A struggling economy and defeat in last year’s war appear to be driving large numbers of Armenians to leave the country. November 09, 2021
Iran Appears to Accept Azerbaijan’s Concerns over Cross-border Supply Routes as Truckers are Released October 22, 2021
‘Zangezur Corridor’ Closer to Realization as Armenia Readies to Normalize Relations With Turkey and Azerbaijan October 22, 2021
Saakashvili Pops Up and Gets Arrested In the Latest Act of Georgia’s Ever-exciting Political Theatre October 04, 2021
Prospects of Armenia-Turkey Normalization Appear Closer Than Ever Unlike the last time the two sides explored restoring ties, Azerbaijan doesn’t seem to be trying to play the spoiler. But questions remain about Russia’s involvement in the process. September 15, 2021
Iran Gives a Sigh of Relief as its Navy Gets Home Safely from a Nose-thumbing Atlantic Voyage September 14, 2021
Azerbaijan, Iran and Uzbekistan Celebrate a Sweep of Successes at the Tokyo Paralympics September 04, 2021
COVID-19 Update - Russia and Central Asia In part two of our country-by-country overview of the Caspian region’s Covid situation, we examine Russia and Central Asia September 02, 2021
COVID-19 Update – South Caucasus and Iran As the fight against COVID-19 continues, we examine the widely differing responses of each Caspian region country in battling the epidemic. In this, part one, we look at Iran and the South Caucasus. September 01, 2021
Kazakhstan Defence Minister Resigns after Fatal Explosion that ‘Looked Like a Nuclear Strike’ August 31, 2021
A Month of Sadarak Shootings A flashpoint for un-Biblical burning bushes sees regular shooting incidents in a continuing low-level conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. August 27, 2021
Stifling Summer Heat Brings Water Shortages to the Biggest Ethnic-Armenian City in Azerbaijan August 21, 2021
Gold and Wind on the Borderline –the Mine and Turbines That Got Caught Up in a Frontier Dispute August 19, 2021
Kazakh Language Police Trigger Russian Politicians Fringe Kazakh nationalists are giving politicians in Moscow something to campaign about. August 17, 2021
Saving the Planet While Making Cities More People-friendly: Transit-Oriented Development in a Caspian Context August 12, 2021
Brotherly Love in Times of Trouble: Azerbaijan Sends its Top Fire-fighting Force to Turkey August 10, 2021
Georgian Government under Fire for Investigations into Far-right Violence Rather than trying to punish the perpetrators of the attacks on journalists and LGBTQ+ activists, the authorities seem intent on blaming the victims. July 16, 2021
Azerbaijan Bans More Plastic The country follows Georgia and Turkey in banning most disposable plastic products. July 07, 2021
Armenia’s Battles with Industrial River Pollution An important fight on which Armenians and Azerbaijanis share a common concern June 29, 2021
The United States and the Caspian: Doing All the Right Things? Section 907 has been waived annually for the last 19 years. It's time for repeal. June 24, 2021
It's Getting Personal... Elections in Armenia The 2021 Parliamentary Elections in Armenia are increasingly about two people. June 18, 2021
Minefield Maps - What About the Rest of Them? At a recent rally, Armenia’s acting prime minister Nikol Pashinyan admitted that the mine-maps handed over to Azerbaijan in return for the release of 15 Armenian detainees, were just a fraction of those originally held. June 14, 2021
ECHR Rejects Armenia's Request for Azerbaijan to Release Prisoners - AZ Foreign Ministry June 12, 2021
Georgia Re-opens its Land Borders to Private Citizens Since the start of June, Georgia’s land borders have finally reopened. Here’s a summary of what you need to know if you’re planning a trip. June 06, 2021
Baku Backs Russia’s Proposal for Solution to Azerbaijan’s Border Dispute with Armenia — PM May 29, 2021