South Caucasus

Russia Warns Armenia Over Railway Control as Yerevan Considers Strategic Shift

AZE.US Tensions are rising between Russia and Armenia after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan raised the possibility of nationalizing the country’s railway system or transferring its...

Russia Has Already Lost – And the Post-Soviet Space Knows It

AZE.US Wars do not always end with surrender. Sometimes they freeze. Sometimes they fade into negotiations that look like compromise. But there is another outcome...

Armenia Debates Balancing Russia Ties With Expanding Western Cooperation

AZE.US Public and political debate in Armenia has intensified over the country’s foreign policy direction, including how to balance longstanding ties with Russia against expanding...

Why Small Businesses Face Lighter Tax Burdens in Georgia Than in Azerbaijan, Economist Says

AZE.US Small businesses in Georgia operate under significantly lower tax obligations than in Azerbaijan, according to Azerbaijani economist Natig Jafarli, who pointed to differences in...

After Munich, No Real Normalization Seen Between Russia and Azerbaijan

Aze.US Tensions between Moscow and Baku remain unresolved despite recent diplomatic contacts, Ukrainian political analyst Vitaliy Portnikov said, pointing to continued disputes linked to the...

Armenia Speaker Signals EU Path While Defending Cautious Balance With Russia

Aze.US Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan said his recent visit to Moscow and meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov took place in a...

Russia Loses Ground From the Baltic to the Caspian, Azerbaijani Politician Says

Aze.US Russia’s geopolitical influence across a corridor stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Caspian Sea is weakening as the United States and its allies...

Russia Is Losing the South Caucasus

Aze.US Recent diplomatic activity surrounding Azerbaijan and Armenia suggests a structural shift in the balance of power in the South Caucasus, a region long shaped...

Ukraine Election Question Emerges as Zelensky Faces Pressure From Russia and the United States

Aze.US Reports about a possible announcement of presidential elections and a referendum in Ukraine have intensified debate around the war, ceasefire diplomacy, and external pressure...

Russia Could Fragment Into New States – Azerbaijani Journalist

Aze.US Azerbaijani journalist Azer Hasrat said Russia could face fragmentation and the emergence of new independent states as a result of ongoing geopolitical pressures, according...

Georgia Plans Tighter Car Import Rules, Raising Concerns for Azerbaijan Market

Aze.US Proposed restrictions on vehicles older than six years could disrupt regional transit routes and reshape supply flows. Tbilisi is preparing to tighten regulations on automobile...

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia: What Regional Rate Data Says About Household Borrowing

Aze.US Banks market “promo” credit as relief from high rates, but the region’s core problem is structural: expensive funding, wide spreads, and contracts that quietly...

Russia Is Losing Its Periphery While the War Drags On

Aze.US Nearly four years after the start of the war in Ukraine, the strategic question is no longer what Moscow hoped to gain, but what...

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