On his fourth attempt, Raul Khadjimba has finally become de-facto President of Abkhazia. But few would envy the challenges he faces…
The ‘Silk Highway’ will connect Western Europe with China, no matter what the locals think.
This summer, Georgia signed an Association Agreement with the EU, but its southern neighbour, Armenia, has opted for the rival Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union.
There is anxiety in Kazakhstan about the spillover effects of Western sanctions
Is there any way to solve the border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan?
Azerbaijan’s strategy over the disputed, Armenian-held territory of Karabakh is also aimed at eliminating domestic opposition. But the country's rising troubles make this a self-defeating strategy.
The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, sent a frisson across the EU with his boast last weekend that he is building a “non-liberal” state, like in China, Russia or Turkey, free of “western European dogma”—but then his steady destruction of liberty in Hungary has gone largely unchallenged.
China and Russia are at the heart of the world's shifting power-balance. But current cooperation between them is likely to give way to tension.
My friend and colleague Alexander Sodiqov is being held in Tajikistan without charge, under suspicion of espionage and treason.
Georgia has signed an association agreement with the EU. But there is a long road ahead toward establishing transparent and accountable government.
Alexander Sodiqov, a University of Toronto PhD candidate, was detained on June 16 by the Tajik KGB while he was conducting academic research in the country’s Gorno-Badakhshan province. His arrest has sent shockwaves through academic communities in Europe and North America.
Uzbekistan is wary of plans for the economic integration of Eurasia, but why?
