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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan looks into the camera while presenting his Real Armenia program. (Photo: primeminister.am)

Armenia: Pressure increasing on Pashinyan

Prime minister confronting adversity all around.
Apr 2, 2025
An overwhelming majority of respondents reported feeling safe walking alone on the streets of the Armenian capital Yerevan at night. (Photo by Mirrors are more fun, CC BY-SA 2.0, tinyurl.com/y3wub8ek)

Fear and safety in Armenia

Peace proves elusive, but pedestrians feel safe on the streets at night.
Mar 28, 2025
Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right) seen here meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow in 2023. Baku and Yerevan have recently taken active steps to repair strained ties with Moscow. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

Armenia rushes to reengage Russia, aiming to outflank Azerbaijan

Russia seems back in business in Caucasus.
Mar 25, 2025
An Armenian soldier guards the border with Azerbaijan. (Photo: gov.am)

A peace treaty is finalized, but Azerbaijan is accusing Armenia of preparing for war

Yerevan says Baku is spreading disinformation.
Mar 18, 2025
Russia was Kazakhstan’s dominant arms supplier, accounting for 88 percent of purchases in 2020-2024. (Photo: gov.kz)

Kazakhstan makes Top 40 list of arms importers – survey

Share of Russian arms exports plummets.
Mar 18, 2025
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (left) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev speak at the BRICS summit in Russia in October 2024. The two sides announced on March 13, 2025, that the text of the peace agreement between them has been finalized, but it is unclear when, or even if, it will be signed. (Photo: Ramil Sitdikov/brics-russia2024.ru)

Armenia and Azerbaijan declare peace is at hand

A treaty is ready, but it could be a while before it is signed.
Mar 13, 2025
(Photo: president.az)

Renewed acrimony eclipses Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process

Baku makes territorial claim, Yerevan alerts reservists.
Mar 7, 2025
A military parade in Ashgabat. The Turkmen army is in dire need of modernization, and the situation is further worsened by a “catastrophic” situation with drafting conscripts. (Photo: gov.tm)

Turkmenistan: Shortage of conscripts hampers military modernization

Ashgabat contemplates raising draft age.
Feb 28, 2025
The Bundestag. (Photo: Ekaterina Venkina)

What does German election mean for Ukraine?

Berlin faces difficulty in filling security void.
Ekaterina VenkinaFeb 25, 2025
The Trans-Alai mountain range on the frontier between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. (Photo: twiga269 EVEREST via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan put border troubles behind them

Opening way for commerce.
Feb 24, 2025
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov meets with Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleksandr Mishchenko on February 20. (Photo: mfa.az)

Azerbaijan highlights meeting with Ukrainian diplomats

Baku keeps on taking jabs at Moscow.
Feb 21, 2025
An unidentified drone discovered in West Kazakhstan. (Eye witness photo via mgorod.kz)

Who flew a reconnaissance drone into Kazakhstan?

Is Moscow making more mischief?
Feb 21, 2025
Pashinyan presents the Real Armenia doctrine in a televised address to the nation. (Screenshot, primeminister.am)

Armenia: Prime minister promotes plan to radically transform society

Pashinyan’s doctrine stresses individual initiative.
Feb 20, 2025
Law enforcement officers speak with a citizen during an event in Kazakhstan in 2024 aimed at “improving citizens’ legal awareness and reducing corruption.” Kazakhstan is one of the few countries in Eurasia that have made notable improvements in combatting corruption in recent years. (Photo: gov.kz)

Armenia, Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan showing progress in fighting graft – watchdog survey

Widespread persistent corruption threatens effective climate action.
Feb 12, 2025
A Kazakhstani officer inspects the site of the Azerbaijani jetliner’s crash near Aktau in December 2024. The release of preliminary findings by Kazakhstani investigators into the incident further heightened Azeri-Russian tensions. (Photo: gov.kz)

Azerbaijan and Russia back at it over downing of civilian jetliner

Name-calling and truculence mark latest exchanges.
Feb 10, 2025
Pashinyan speaks at the Atlantic Council on February 4. (Photo: primeminister.am)

Analysis: Armenian prime minister sells his ‘peace agenda’ in Washington

A fine commodity in an uncertain market.
Feb 6, 2025
Kazakh officials at the scene of the Azeri plane crash in Aktau on December 25. Kazakhstan released a preliminary report on the incident on February 4. (Photo: gov.kz)

Kazakh preliminary report on jet crash backs Azerbaijani assertions of accidental Russian shoot-down

Report stops short of assigning blame or identifying source of objects that disabled the plane.
Feb 5, 2025
Pashinyan speaks at a January 31 news conference. (Photo: primeminister.am)

Armenia trying to get Azerbaijan back in negotiating mode

Yerevan makes modest tweaks in negotiating stance.
Feb 3, 2025
A road in Nakhchivan. Aliyev has revived a demand for extraterritorial rights on a land corridor connecting Azerbaijan proper to its Nakhchivan exclave across Armenian territory. (Photo: gov.az)

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev places Zangezur corridor back on peace process agenda

Russia shouldn’t get its hopes up about a revival of its peacekeeping role.
Jan 17, 2025
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan (left) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for photos after signing a Strategic Partnership Commission Charter in Washington D.C. on January 14. (Photo: Chuck Kennedy, U.S. Department of State)

Armenia formalizes closer ties with the West

It is now the law of the land to seek EU integration.
Ani AvetisyanJan 14, 2025
Russian leader Vladimir Putin visits a factory producing surveillance and kamikaze drones. Russian-made UCAVs reportedly contain many parts illicitly imported via intermediaries. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

Japan joins US and EU in sanctioning Kazakh entity

Tokyo striving to raise its profile in Central Asia.
Almaz KumenovJan 13, 2025
Uzbek prime minister Abdulla Aripov (left) shakes hands with his Kyrgyz counterpart Adylbek Kasymaliev ahead of the January 8 meeting where the premiers of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan discussed settling their countries’ long-standing border disputes. (Photo: gov.kg)

Central Asian leaders look to expand mutual trade

Settling borders opens way for “the well-being of nations.”
Jan 10, 2025
Aliyev speaks during an interview on January 7 where he launched a verbal broadside against Armenia and its leaders. (Photo: president.az)

Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process hits a pothole

Baku saber-rattles, Yerevan responds.
Jan 10, 2025