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Russia’s Shadow War Reaches Kazakhstan: Inside Moscow’s Espionage Offensive

Russia’s Shadow War Reaches Kazakhstan: Inside Moscow’s Espionage Offensive

For decades, Russia has stolen information from, or planted malware in, importan...

Russia-Iran Strategic Partnership Treaty Highlights Bilateral Priorities

Russia-Iran Strategic Partnership Treaty Highlights Bilateral Priorities

Nigel Li

01/28/2025

Russia and Iran have intensified cooperation in recent years in the face of incr...

Ukraine Looks to the North Caucasus to Advance a Post-Colonial View of Russia

Ukraine Looks to the North Caucasus to Advance a Post-Colonial View of Russia

Ukraine is retaliating against Russia in a new way, encouraging minority groups ...

Drones Over the Caspian:  How UAVs are Shaping Regional Power in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Drones Over the Caspian: How UAVs are Shaping Regional Power in the Caucasus and Central Asia

Drone warfare has landed in the Caspian region.  Critical assets in global secur...

C5+1 in the New Year

C5+1 in the New Year

After becoming a fixture of Central Asian diplomacy in recent years, the C5+1 di...

New Years Addresses: The Caspian Region in 2025

New Years Addresses: The Caspian Region in 2025

In much of Eastern Europe and Eurasia, New Year’s Eve remains the central holida...

Caspian Region Foreign - Policy Priorities for The New Administration

Caspian Region Foreign - Policy Priorities for The New Administration

Traditionally, U.S. foreign policy does not change radically when a new presiden...

Georgia's Euromaidan?

Georgia's Euromaidan?

For those who remember Ukraine in 2014, the scenes of mass protest in Georgia ma...

C5+Trump: Getting the US Down to Business in Central Asia

C5+Trump: Getting the US Down to Business in Central Asia

The five Central Asian countries will not be at the top of President-elect Donal...

OTS Builds on Organizational Momentum

OTS Builds on Organizational Momentum

Continuing its steady growth trajectory, the Organization of Turkic States (OTS)...

On the Prospects of the Zangezur Corridor for Central Asia

On the Prospects of the Zangezur Corridor for Central Asia

Following the end of the Second Karabakh War in 2020, Azerbaijan began restoring...

Winning the Peace:  Armenia and Azerbaijan

Winning the Peace: Armenia and Azerbaijan

There is an indigenous and organic peace process underway again in the Caucasus....

The Minerals that Make our Military: Strategic Opportunities in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Ukraine

The Minerals that Make our Military: Strategic Opportunities in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Ukraine

This is the third installment in the Caspian Policy Center’s Strategic Minerals ...

New Security Trends in the Caucasus and Central Asia: Sales of Russian Arms Decline

New Security Trends in the Caucasus and Central Asia: Sales of Russian Arms Decline

Trade in arms has been a pivotal factor shaping alliances, conflicts, and local ...

Central Asia and Azerbaijan Reaffirm Ties in the Consultative Meetings of the Heads of States

Central Asia and Azerbaijan Reaffirm Ties in the Consultative Meetings of the Heads of States

Toghrul Ali

08/21/2024

Central Asian leaders’ commitment to increased regional collaboration and integr...

The Impact of Central Asia’s Critical Repatriation Efforts

The Impact of Central Asia’s Critical Repatriation Efforts

The recent spike in terror-related incidents, including the Crocus City Hall att...

What Will Iran’s New President Mean for the Caspian Region?

What Will Iran’s New President Mean for the Caspian Region?

Billed as a reformer in the international press, Iran’s newly elected and sworn ...

Do Sanctions Work?  Lessons From The South Caucasus

Do Sanctions Work? Lessons From The South Caucasus

James Sharp

07/23/2024

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 led to the imposition of an unprecedente...