Azerbaijan Invests in Upgrading Its Transport Infrastructure
By John C.K. Daly (02/18/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) The Caucasian post-Soviet nations, led by oil-rich Azerbaijan, are expanding their rail, road and air networks to attract rising Eurasian trade....
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CACI Analyst, February 18, 2015 (.pdf) Contents Analytical Articles GYUMRI MURDERS THREATEN TO DISRUPT ARMENIA’S RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA, by Eduard Abrahamyan SANCTIONS, ENERGY PRICES, AND RUBLE...
View ArticleCACI Analyst, May 27, 2015
CACI Analyst, May 27, 2015 Contents Analytical ArticlesTHE SOUTHERN ENERGY CORRIDOR: A STRATEGIC PRIORITY FOR THE U.S.?, by Mamuka TsereteliELECTION YEAR IN THE EURASIAN UNION AND THE EU'S EXTERNAL...
View ArticleThe Strategic Context of U.S.-Azerbaijan Relations after the Presidential...
By Mamuka Tsereteli (the 27/11/2013 issue of the CACI Analyst) On October 9, 2013, Azerbaijan held presidential elections and incumbent president Ilham Aliyev was re-elected for another five year term....
View ArticleRussia's missile launches and the militarization of the Caspian Sea
By Huseyn Aliyev, Emil A. Souleimanov November 23rd, 2015, The CACI Analyst In early October, Russia's Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu announced that Russian navy warships based in the Caspian Sea...
View ArticleThe EU and Central Asia: Developing Transport and Trade
By S. Frederick Starr and Svante E. Cornell December 10th, 2015, The CACI Analyst A number of initiatives have combined to make the development of continental transport and trade across the heartland...
View ArticleHow the Russian-Turkish crisis affects Central Asia and the Caucasus
By Ipek Velioglu February 8th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Turkish-Russian relations have not recovered after the downing of a Russian jet last November. On the contrary, the tension is spreading into...
View ArticleA breakthrough in Iran-Azerbaijan relations?
By Fariz Ismailzade February 19th, 2016, The CACI Analyst After a decade of cold relations, Azerbaijan and Iran are eager to warm up to each other, as both nations are hungry for foreign investments...
View ArticleTowards a Central Asia and Caucasus Trade Bloc for Belt and Road
By Tristan Kenderdine October 30, 2018, the CACI Analyst In the trade war with the U.S., China has clearly shown that it is willing to reject Pacific trade partners based on political over economic...
View ArticleThinking Big About Caspian Energy
By Stephen Blank November 29, 2018, the CACI Analyst The signing of the Caspian convention in August 2018 has opened up exciting new possibilities for getting Central Asian oil and gas to European and...
View ArticleGeorgian Wine and Its Narrative Drive Development
By Mamuka Tsereteli December 7, 2018, the CACI Analyst Georgian wine and its narrative are emerging as a major driver for the global marketing of the country. The evidence of 8,000 year old wines,...
View ArticleBolton's Caucasian Tour and Russia's Reaction
By Eduard Abrahamyan December 17, 2018, the CACI Analyst On October 24-26, a U.S. State Department delegation headed by National Security Adviser Ambassador John Bolton visited the South Caucasian...
View ArticleLand Swap With Chechnya Causes Mass Protests in Ingushetia
By Emil A. Souleimanov and Huseyn Aliyev December 20, 2018, the CACI Analyst On September 26, the heads of Ingushetia and Chechnya, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Ramzan Kadyrov, signed an agreement on a...
View ArticleGeorgia's Last Direct Presidential Elections
By Natalia Konarzewska January 16, 2019, the CACI Analyst On November 28, 2018, Georgians elected their next president in the second round, in the last direct presidential elections before the country...
View ArticleGeorgian Politics: Awaiting Revitalization
By Neil Hauer March 13, 2019, the CACI Analyst Georgia’s final presidential elections in October and November 2018 served as a microcosm of the current uninspired state of Georgian politics. Although...
View ArticleWhy Washington Must Re-Engage the Caucasus
By Stephen Blank July 8, 2019, the CACI Analyst In late 2018, National Security Council Director John Bolton signaled a revived U.S. interest in the South Caucasus by visiting all three states of the...
View ArticleIndia Wins Defense Deal with Armenia
By Fuad Shahbazov June 1, 2020, the CACI Analyst On March 1, 2020, India outperformed Russia and Poland in a US$ 40 million defense deal with Armenia to supply it with four domestically made SWATHI...
View ArticleA Steadily Tightening Embrace: China’s Ascent in Central Asia and the Caucasus
A Steadily Tightening Embrace: China’s Ascent in Central Asia and the Caucasus By: Raffaello Pantucci Chinese engagement with Central Asia and the Caucasus has been on a steady ascent.China accords...
View ArticleRussian Strategy Towards the Caucasus and Central Asia: a Dominant Power on...
Russian Strategy towards the Caucasus and Central Asia: A Dominant Power on Defense? By: Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. In the thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation has sought...
View ArticleIran’s policy toward the Caucasus and Central Asia
By Brenda Shaffer August 17, 2022 Much of the analysis on Iranian foreign policy focuses on both Iran’s positonality in relation to the Middle East, and its claim to the mantle of Shia Islamic...
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