The Caspian Basin

Military operations against Iran have disrupted trade flows across Eurasia, weakening the International North–South Transport Corridor and accelerating cargo diversion to the Trans-Caspian Middle Corr...

The wars in Iran and Ukraine have sharply increased the strategic importance of the so-called Middle Corridor linking Asia and Europe, as traditional trade routes face disruptions and energy prices su...

On August 22, senior officials from Azerbaijan and Russia met in Astrakhan for the 23rd session of their intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, in what observers described as a cautious...

Leaders of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan on Friday pledged to accelerate regional integration, using a summit on Turkmenistan’s Caspian coast to draft plans for joint transport corridors, en...

Presidents of Russia and Iran, Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian, on January 17, following negotiations in Moscow, signed a Bilateral Agreement on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The agreement...

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s visit to Turkmenistan on September 10, 2024, marked a turning point for both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in the rapidly changing landscape of Central Asia. The visit...

When viewing the Baku Bay from a bird's-eye view - while on an aircraft or viewing through quadcopter video cameras, an extensive iridescent film from oil-containing waste thrown into the sea is clear...

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's state visit to Azerbaijan, his participation on 11 March in the first meeting of the Supreme Interstate Council, bilateral negotiations and the symbolic recept...

A meeting on the issue of transporting Turkmen gas to Turkiye through Azerbaijan was held in Ankara. According to the Turkmen media, the importance of regular contacts between two state-owned companie...

This year's upcoming elections in the TOP 10 countries for gas exports to Europe, as well as the June 6-9 elections to the European Parliament, which will be held in all 27 EU countries, may affect th...

In the heart of the Caspian Sea, a silent battle is unfolding, pitting two enigmatic creatures against each other, with the fate of this vast water body hanging in the balance. Yet, in this aquatic sk...

SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov made several resonant statements in an interview with journalists in Ashgabat, in fact officially acknowledging the existence of problems with Azerbaijan's implemen...

The Azerbaijani delegation is taking part in the international conference "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan"; statements from Ashgabat on the discussion of Azerbaijani-Turkmen cooperation on the developmen...

The rapid shallowing of the Caspian Sea (over 20-25 cm per year) observed over the last decade makes it increasingly difficult to conduct full-fledged economic activity within the reservoir against th...

An international conference titled "The Caspian Sea – A Sea of Harmony and Cooperation" convened on August 12 at Turkmenistan's National Tourist Zone "Avaza," coinciding with the annual Caspian Sea Da...

With the approaching of autumn and the beginning of the heating season in Europe, which has been doing without Russian branches of the Nord Stream gas pipeline for almost a year, and Asian countries t...