CIS
AZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA: New leader heralds no change
Nagorno-Karabakh's security and military establishment, with close personal ties to the Armenian...
AzerbaijanRUSSIA/EUROPE: Moscow puts South Stream on the map
The signing in late June by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Italy's Eni of a memorandum of...
RussiaRUSSIA: Transneft balances politics and economics
Transneft Vice-President Sergei Grigoryev stated on Friday that the section of the Druzhba...
RussiaCHINA/CIS: Chinese troops leave for Russia
A first contingent of soldiers left China today for Russia.
ChinaCENTRAL ASIA: Demographics pose development challenges
Central Asia's demographic profile differs in important ways from other transitional economies...
Central AsiaRUSSIA: Transneft solidifies its grip on oil transport
As Russian oil production and exports have grown, so has the importance of Transneft. The...
RussiaCIS/RUSSIA: Moscow will oppose GUAM revival
GUAM remains in its infancy: cooperation is loose and ill-defined, and institutions have yet to...
CisRUSSIA/CIS/IRAN: Politics complicate Caspian talks
The legal status of the Caspian Sea plays a key role in enabling or preventing the construction...
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