Armenia and Azerbaijan have signed a third ceasefire agreement in as many weeks, this one brokered by Washington. But minutes after it was signed it was already reportedly being violated.
Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan have voted to once again overhaul the constitutional: the choice will be between super-presidentialism or an empowered parliament
Turkey’s strong military and political support to its ally Azerbaijan, as well as its feverish media coverage of the conflict, has rattled Turkey’s population of about 50,000 ethnic Armenians.
Despite the Trump administration's provocative statements on China, American diplomats don’t seem to be rushing to buy tickets for the Cold War train just yet.
Georgia has long served as proof that trade interests and human contact can trump mutual grudges and the notion of “ancient hatred” cultivated by state propagandists in Armenia and Azerbaijan
In its war with Azerbaijan, the lack of strong support from the West has reaffirmed for many Armenians that, for better or worse, their best hope lies with Russia.
China, with a surfeit of domestic solar equipment manufacturers nurtured under subsidies that ended two years ago, is gunning for a big role in the fast-growing Kazakh and Uzbek solar markets.
The muted Chinese response to Kyrgyzstan’s crisis does not befit a rising power and is oddly out of step with international consensus, writes Srdjan Uljevic.
While Donald Trump has evinced little interest in the Armenia-Azerbaijan war, his would-be replacement is staking out a position as the strong-on-Karabakh candidate.
The appearance of self-defense units in Kyrgyzstan is the second time this year that civil society has been forced to hold the line. Where the state repeatedly fails to live up to its obligations, volunteers step in.
A ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan has slowed -- a little -- fighting between the two sides. But there are signs that suggest Azerbaijan is planning a new offensive following the breather.
Turkmenistan’s president is unhappy with his senior officials, exposing once more the implausibility of the data they feed him. This and more in our weekly briefing.
As expected, Tajikistan's president easily won reelection. Eyes are now on whether he will shake up the government and what that means for a possible succession strategy
As Azerbaijan has been carrying out an offensive to take back its territories lost to Armenian forces in the 1990s, Azerbaijani civilians have been waging their own information war: to defend the country’s international reputation.
Armenians have been disappointed by the lack of a strong international response to the war with Azerbaijan. But that isolation also has encouraged a sense of unity and solidarity.
Kyrgyzstan’s new prime minister, appointed today, was earlier this week sprung from prison, where he was serving a long sentence on kidnapping charges.
Presidential elections in Tajikistan are a charade. The real challenge will come after the vote, as the country copes with a looming coronavirus-induced economic disaster
Allegations by Azerbaijan that Armenia has deliberately targeted oil and gas export pipelines have raised fears that the newest Caucasus war could threaten European energy markets
The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan have flown to Moscow to meet their Russian counterpart in the first diplomatic talks between the two sides since heavy fighting broke out nearly two weeks ago.
On the first Friday after war resumed between Armenia and Azerbaijan, four prayer leaders in Azerbaijani-majority regions of Iran issued a statement offering their full-throttled support for one side in the conflict.
With order collapsing, pillagers have been especially busy targeting the mining sector, one of the few areas in Kyrgyzstan to attract significant foreign investment.
Kazakhstan’s food producers look primed to benefit from China’s increasingly tense relationship with traditional trading partners. This and more in our monthly Chinese business briefing.
Civilians have been fleeing cities and hunkering in shelters in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the Azerbaijani side of the front lines, as attacks on cities and villages have continued for days on end.
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