Despite 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 ArticleMoscow's agenda in Central Asia and the Caucasus: it is official
By Richard Weitz March 18th, 2016, The CACI Analyst The states of Central Asia and the South Caucasus are in for a rough ride if recent Russian national security documents and speeches genuinely...
View ArticleAhead of parliamentary elections, pressure builds on two Georgian parties
By Eka Janashia April 8th, the CACI Analyst On March 11, footage allegedly showing an intimate scene involving one of the leaders of opposition party Our Georgia-Free Democrats (OGFD) was leaked in...
View ArticleNagorno-Karabakh confrontation highlights Russia's clout over warring parties
By Armen Grigoryan April 15th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Tensions along the line of contact in Nagorno-Karabakh between April 2 and 5 resulted in the heaviest exchanges of fire since 1994. Even though the...
View ArticleIran and Russia coordinate in the South Caucasus: a prelude for a greater game?
By Najia Badykova June 17th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Free of many sanctions, Iran is becoming an active player in the South Caucasus, taking steps towards greater involvement in the region. Russia is...
View ArticleGeorgia's prospects at NATO Warsaw summit
By Natalia Konarzewska June 24th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Once again, NATO will likely turn down Georgia’s bid for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) during the Alliance’s fast-approaching Warsaw summit on...
View ArticleGeorgia's visa liberalization with the EU remains opaque
By Eka Janashia July 10th, the CACI Analyst At a June 20 meeting in Luxembourg, the EU’s foreign ministers again acknowledged Georgia’s eligibility for visa-free travel in the Schengen area for a...
View ArticleRussia creates area denial system in South Caucasus
By Eduard Abrahamyan July 24th, 2016, The CACI Analyst On June 30, Armenia’s Parliament ratified the Russia-Armenia United Regional System of Air Defense in the Caucasian Region, thereby moving it to...
View ArticleReal friends? Georgia-Turkey relations in the wake of the July 15 coup attempt
By Boris Ajeganov August 10th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Georgian PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili became the first foreign head of state to visit Turkey after the failed coup attempt by parts of the Turkish...
View ArticleNATO summit makes progress with problems
By Richard Weitz August 24th, 2016, The CACI Analyst NATO’s Warsaw summit on July 8-9 made progress in strengthening Baltic security, enhancing the alliance’s counterterrorism and cyber defense...
View ArticleA new balance of power in the Black Sea?
By Natalia Konarzewska September 15th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Despite the Black Sea’s geopolitical importance, NATO has neglected Russia’s enhancement of its military capabilities there to...
View ArticleGeorgia gears up for parliamentary elections
By Eka Janashia September 29th, the CACI Analyst In the beginning of September, Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) registered 23 parties and 6 electoral blocs to run in the October 8...
View ArticleGeorgia’s prime minister visits Armenia
By Erik Davtyan October 3rd, the CACI Analyst On September 5, Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, along with Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Kakha Kaladze, and Deputy Minister of...
View ArticleProspects of Turkmenistan-Iran gas cooperation
By Dmitry Shlapentokh October 12th, 2016, The CACI Analyst On June 8, 2016, FSU Oil & Gas Monitor quoted former UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry as saying that gas from Turkmenistan could reach...
View ArticleArmenia seeks to boost its role in the Iran-Georgia gas talks
By Ilgar Gurbanov October 17th, 2016, The CACI Analyst The Iran-Armenia-Georgia gas talks have recently gained momentum. Iranian and Georgian companies have signed gas purchase contracts, to supply...
View ArticleKazakhstan and Azerbaijan plan an undersea trans-Caspian oil pipeline
By Robert M. Cutler November 7th, 2016, The CACI Analyst According to Azerbaijan’s energy minister Natig Aliev, his country and Kazakhstan will construct an oil pipeline under the Caspian Sea to...
View ArticleGeorgian wine exports and Russia’s economic leverage
By Tomáš Baranec November 9th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Two and a half months prior to parliamentary elections in Georgia, on July 21, 2016, Russia’s State Duma recommended the government to once again...
View ArticleRussian intervention in Syria and the Caucasus
By Stephen Blank November 27th, 2016, The CACI Analyst Few people think about trends in the Caucasus with reference to or in the context of Russia’s Syrian intervention. But Moscow does not make this...
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