Eurasia / Opinion

COMMENT: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China accelerate efforts to expand the Middle Corridor

Seymur Mammadov in Baku December 11, 2024

Pressing need for expanded infrastructure as freight traffic along the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route increases.

Is Georgia having its EuroMaidan?

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow December 4, 2024

As in Ukraine's EuroMaidan revolution, Georgia's protests are directed at a leader with links to Russia who was attempting to pull the country away from its pro-EU path.

INTERVIEW: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank financing Central Asia’s green future

bne IntelliNews November 25, 2024

The Chinese-owned multilateral development bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), has become a major player in Eurasia and a driving force between driving sustainable development in the region.

INTERVIEW: Mobilising private finance for a greener future

Clare Nuttall in Glasgow November 22, 2024

EBRD director of sustainable business Gianpiero Nacci details how MDBs are bringing in private investment to help close the climate finance gap.

COMMENT: Will COP29 become a milestone in Azerbaijan’s long-term energy strategy?

Fuad Shahbazov in Durham November 21, 2024

After years of reliance on fossil fuel exports, Azerbaijan is steadily switching to renewable energy sources.

COMMENT: After a slow start, the Georgian protests are gathering momentum

Neil Hauer in Tbilisi November 21, 2024

The opposition initially appeared caught by surprise by Georgian Dream's election fraud, and lost all momentum and international media attention, but the protests are now visibly more energised.

COMMENT: Biden makes last gasp attempt to reach Armenian-Azerbaijani peace deal

Robert Ananyan in Yerevan November 1, 2024

If Donald Trump is elected president of the US, the likelihood of war being resumed by Azerbaijan will increase, and the signing of a treaty may become impossible.

COMMENT: The outlook for Armenia-Turkey normalisation

Richard Giragosian in Yerevan November 1, 2024

There is a renewed sense of movement in the process of “normalisation” between Armenia and Turkey, but progress has been impeded by Ankara's unwillingness to do anything that undermines its relationship with Azerbaijan.

CENUSA: Georgia's general election creates a dilemma for the EU

Denis Cenusa in Germany October 28, 2024

The general election in Georgia showed the EU is having difficulty in influencing public perception in the country.

HESS: Mongolia’s unique success story between rock and a hard place at risk

Maximilian Hess October 25, 2024

Surrounded by Russia and China, country’s democracy and economy deserve Western support. But snatching assets from foreign investors would mean such backing falling by the wayside.

OPINION: Georgia to choose between Europe and Russia

Ghia Nodia in Tbilisi October 24, 2024

October 26 parliamentary elections offer a choice between Europe and Russia, which also implies a choice between democracy and autocracy.

Perspectives | Kazakhstan working to lift Cold War-era trade restrictions

Eurasianet October 24, 2024

For Astana, Jackson-Vanik remains a hot-button issue.

HESS: Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations are at stake in general election

Maximilian Hess in London October 23, 2024

Georgia’s October 26 election is set to be the country’s most significant since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

OPINION: BRICS’ path to expansion

Seymur Mammadov in Baku October 20, 2024

34 countries have already submitted their applications to join BRICS, as recent geopolitical shifts have led to a realignment in global politics.

URUS/CLEARPIC: Uzbekistan privatisation tracker

Alexander Teddy COO ClearPic October 2, 2024

Privatisation in Uzbekistan is no new idea. Under the late President Islam Karimov, programmes in the late 1990s and 2000s existed and were ambitious. But while some small state-owned enterprises were sold, valuable companies remain state-owned.

Kazakhstan’s Tokayev an authoritarian who has created “the illusion of change”, say analysts

bne IntelliNews October 2, 2024

President of five years has done little of substance and appears unafraid of tightening screws further, they argue.

COMMENT: Uzbekistan's upcoming parliamentary election is a battle of ideologies amid reforms

Senator Sodiq Safoyev in Tashkent September 26, 2024

On October 27, 2024, Uzbekistan will hold its parliamentary elections, a significant moment in the country’s evolving political trajectory. Under President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan has embarked on a path of liberalising and modernisation.

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