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  1. Putin Ends Astana Visit
    PoliticsBrief1 Jun

    Putin Ends Astana Visit with Ukraine Warnings and EAEU Posturing

    The Russian president used the Eurasian Economic Forum platform for some of his sharpest public language on Ukraine in months β€” delivered from Kazakhstan’s capital

  2. Putin & Tokayev
    OpinionOpinion29 May

    The Tsar, the Steppe, and the Very Friendly Lunch

    What Vladimir Putin’s second state visit to Kazakhstan really said β€” and what everyone agreed not to say out loud

  3. PoliticsBrief29 May

    Armenia Election Roundup: Flower Bans, Citizenship Scandals and Bribery Arrests

    With nine days to go, Russia tightens economic pressure while Strong Armenia faces new legal trouble

  4. EAEU Summit Convenes: Armenia in the Room, Pashinyan Not
    PoliticsBrief29 May

    EAEU Summit Convenes: Armenia in the Room, Pashinyan Not

    The Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meets today to discuss, for the first time, a member state's EU trajectory β€” with the Armenian elections nine days away

  5. Armenia's Election: Eleven Days, Three Stories
    PoliticsAnalysis27 May

    Armenia's Election: Eleven Days, Three Stories

    What the polls, the party platforms and the money trails reveal about June 7

  6. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan
    AnalysisAnalysis26 May

    Twelve Days to Go: What Armenia's Election Is Actually About

    June 7 is framed as a geopolitical choice between Russia and Europe β€” but the campaign reveals a messier domestic reality

  7. Central Asia's Sanctions Week
    AnalysisAnalysis21 May

    Caught in the Net: Central Asia's Sanctions Week

    Kyrgyzstan shuts down 50 companies, Kazakhstan sues Rosatom, Georgia's elites move assets offshore β€” three stories, one pressure front

  8. Armenia Advances EU Civilian Mission Cooperation
    SecurityBrief13 May

    Armenia Advances EU Civilian Mission Cooperation as CSTO Participation Remains Suspended

    Yerevan's foreign policy reorientation accelerates with new security partnership frameworks outside Russian alliance structures