Status of the Caspian: Finish line?

BAKU, July 26 — The Caspian Sea, long regarded as a body of water insulated from global conflicts, is gradually becoming an extension of two theatres of war at once: Russia’s war against Ukraine and the war waged by the United States and Israel...

The Caspian Sea has entered a period of accelerated shallowing, the consequences of which are already affecting ports, oil terminals, fisheries, and coastal ecosystems. If the current trend continues, the problem will no longer be exclusively...

In the July heat, Ashgabat looked much as it always does: broad, nearly deserted avenues, gleaming white-marble government buildings, and meticulously choreographed state ceremonies. At first glance, the latest meeting of the Azerbaijani-Turkmen...

In the twenty-first century, the reshaping of global trade routes has transformed transport corridors from purely economic projects into geopolitical instruments. Against the backdrop of the Russia–Ukraine war, growing instability in the Middle...