Donald Tusk visits Armenia
By Erik Davtyan (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On July 20, the President of the European Council (EC) Donald Tusk launched his regional trip to the South Caucasus, starting with high level...
View ArticleThe fading illusion of Armenia-NATO relations
By Eduard Abrahamyan (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On June 18-20, 2015, NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly held the 89th Rose-Roth seminar in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. It mainly covered the...
View ArticleNATO opens military training center in Georgia
By Eka Janashia (09/02/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst) On August 27, the NATO-Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Center (JTEC) was opened at the Krtsanisi military facility outside Tbilisi as a part...
View ArticleEuropean Parliament urges Azerbaijan to respect human rights
By Mina Muradova October 7th, the CACI Analyst On September 10, 2015, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution calling on Azerbaijan’s authorities to respect to human rights and essential...
View ArticleRussia advocates peacekeeping mission as tensions flare over Nagorno-Karabakh
By Armen Grigoryan October 13th, 2015, The CACI Analyst Tensions along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh and on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border have intensified from September 24, with skirmishes...
View ArticleA new boost for the Southern Corridor?
By Stephen Blank November 20th, 2015, The CACI Analyst In early October Frontera Corporation announced that it had discovered 3.8 trillion cubic meters (TCM) of gas in Georgia’s Kakheti region....
View ArticleAzerbaijan's and Armenia's presidents discuss gas trade in Tbilisi
By Mina Muradova November 30th, the CACI Analyst In recent weeks, a political controversy has emerged in Tbilisi over the Georgian government’s negotiations with Gazprom over a return of the Russian...
View ArticleRussia's Gazprom to deepen its presence in the Georgian market?
By Natalia Konarzewska December 7th, 2015, The CACI Analyst After meeting with Gazprom’s CEO Alexei Miller in Milan on September 25, Georgia’s Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze announced that the parties...
View ArticleAzerbaijan, islamism, and unrest in Nardaran
By Emil Aslan Souleimanov December 27th, 2015, The CACI Analyst On November 25-26, Azerbaijani law enforcement carried out a special operation in Nardaran, a township on the northern edge of the...
View ArticleDraft PACE resolutions rock the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process
By Erik Davtyan January 4th, the CACI Analyst In November 2015, two different committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted draft resolutions on the Nagorno-Karabakh...
View ArticleIs Washington re-engaging Baku?
By Stephen Blank January 19th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Throughout its tenure, the Obama Administration has minimized U.S. involvement with and engagement in both the Caucasus and Central Asia. However,...
View ArticleArmenia's and Azerbaijan's presidents meet in Bern
By Erik Davtyan January 18th, the CACI Analyst On December 18-19, 2015 the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev, held a meeting in Bern, Switzerland. The Bern meeting...
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 ArticleRussia's confrontation with Turkey and instability in the South Caucasus
By Armen Grigoryan February 22nd, 2016, The CACI Analyst The confrontation between Russia and Turkey, and the fast-changing situation on the oil and natural gas markets, have strongly impacted the...
View ArticleDespite Georgia-Azerbaijan gas deal, distrust is sown
By Boris Ajeganov March 7th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Uncertainty on the future of Georgia’s energy security has been growing since late 2015, when Georgia’s minister of energy and deputy PM Kakha...
View ArticleArmenia and Georgia reinforce military cooperation
By Erik Davtyan March 8th, the CACI Analyst On February 1-2, Georgia’s Defense Minister Tinatin Khidasheli paid an official visit to Armenia. During a meeting with her Armenian counterpart Seyran...
View ArticleGeorgia's energy sector: debacle avoided, but Tbilisi needs to move beyond...
By Mamuka Tsereteli March 10th, 2016, The CACI Analyst On March 4, 2016, Georgia and Azerbaijan reached a deal that allows Georgia to receive close to 500 million cubic meters (mcm) of additional gas...
View ArticleAzerbaijan in search of new economic model
By Fariz Ismailzade March 11th, 2016, The CACI Analyst After a decade of transformational economic growth, reduced oil prices forced Azerbaijan to a double devaluation of its national currency,...
View ArticleTurkmenistan advances westward natural gas export
By Natalia Konarzewska March 25th, 2016, The CACI Analyst In late December 2015, Turkmenistan officially announced the completion of the East-West gas pipeline. This 773 kilometer route with an annual...
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