Caucasus

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Saturday, marking the first publicly announced telephone conversation between the two countries’ leaders in many ye...

Washington and Yerevan promise to turn 42 kilometres of abandoned railway into a new link between Asia and Europe. But behind the talk of peace and prosperity remain questions about sovereignty, the p...

Washington and Beijing's rivalry is reaching the region through standards, capital, and logistics before it arrives through troops. For Baku, the central challenge is not choosing a side, but preservi...

Armenian prosecutors are seeking the confiscation of hundreds of properties, corporate stakes and financial assets linked to former national leaders and influential businessmen, in a campaign the gove...

For Russia, the South Caucasus is not only an important logistics corridor in the southern direction but also a traditional source of food supplies and one of the alternative trade platforms that help...

Predictions that the Armenian authorities would intensify their campaign against the country's pro-Russian opposition following the ruling party's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections are beg...

Why Ursula von der Leyen Is Travelling to Baku and Yerevan The visit of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Baku on July 1, followed by Yerevan a day later, reflects far more than an...

Armenia’s political landscape is entering a new phase. Against the backdrop of the formation of a new parliament and the implementation of the post-election agenda, visible кадровые changes within Pri...

The arrests of opposition leaders, the possible fragmentation of pro-Russian factions, and new by-elections could reshape Armenia’s political architecture and bring Nikol Pashinyan closer to control o...

Against the backdrop of a rapidly shifting political landscape in the South Caucasus, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appears to be launching two interconnected processes at once: accelerating...

The parliamentary elections held in Armenia on June 7 are already being described as one of the most significant political events in the South Caucasus in recent years. The consequences of these elect...

The European Union has announced an emergency support package worth more than €50 million for Armenia after Russia imposed restrictions on imports of several Armenian agricultural products, increasing...

Just days before Armenia’s parliamentary elections, the country’s political contest is increasingly moving beyond domestic politics and becoming part of a broader geopolitical confrontation between Ru...

Counterintelligence Success or the Start of a New Political Campaign? When officers from Georgia’s State Security Service arrived at the home of journalist Irakli Chikhladze in the early hours of May...

On June 2, an event is being held at the Akhalkalaki railway and logistics complex in Georgia to mark the commissioning of the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars (BTK) railway line following its modernization. The BTK...

In recent weeks, Armenia has once again found itself at the center of international media attention. The renewed interest stems from several overlapping developments: preparations for parliamentary el...