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Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki, Karol Wasilewski
On 23 September, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pardoned French national Martin Ryan, who had been sentenced in March this year to 10 years in prison on espionage charges that included activities related to Azerbaijan’s arms production…
Analyses | | Michał Bogusz, Daria Zielińska
On 16 September, Seoul hosted the first summit between the leaders of South Korea and the five Central Asian states – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (the C5). The summit concluded with the adoption of a 30-…
Analyses | | Karol Wasilewski, Miłosz Bartosiewicz
According to the preliminary results of Armenia’s parliamentary elections held on 7 June, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party emerged victorious. With voter turnout approaching 60%, the party secured 50% of the vote,…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki
On 4–5 May, the first-ever EU–Armenia summit was held in Yerevan, preceded by the eighth summit of the European Political Community (EPC). The parties adopted a joint declaration confirming their intention to further strengthen relations…
Analyses | | Adam Michalski
Amid the war in Ukraine and instability in the Middle East, the South Caucasus is gaining importance as a transit region linking Europe and Asia. This is particularly true of Georgia, which serves as the central hub of the Middle Corridor…
Analyses | | Daria Zielińska
According to data from Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport, over the past seven years the volume of cargo transported through the country via the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), also known as the Middle Corridor, has…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki
On 17 March, Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, died at the age of 93. He had led the autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) since 1977, the longest tenure in its history. The Patriarch enjoyed unquestioned authority among…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki
On 9–10 February, US Vice President J.D. Vance visited Armenia and Azerbaijan. In Yerevan, he signed an agreement with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, enabling US investment in this sector of…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki
On 21 October, during a visit to Kazakhstan, President Ilham Aliyev announced that Azerbaijan had lifted all restrictions on the transit of goods to Armenia. He also stated that the so-called Zangezur corridor – a road and rail route…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki
Georgian Dream (GD), the party led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, which has been in power for 13 years, secured a decisive victory in Georgia’s local elections on 4 October. According to exit polls, the party received 81.7% of the…