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  1. The SCO at 25
    China FactorAnalysis2 Jun

    The SCO at 25: a quarter-century of summits, zero kilometres of new railway

    The anniversary session in St. Petersburg today will celebrate what the organisation has become. The Central Asian members are more interested in what it might finally build

  2. SPIEF 2026
    EconomyAnalysis2 Jun

    The level of the delegation is the message

    Central Asia is in St. Petersburg this week, but not equally. What each country’s roster says about where the relationship with Russia actually stands

  3. The First Country: what happened after the EU made an example of Kyrgyzstan
    PoliticsBrief2 Jun

    The first country: what happened after the EU made an example of Kyrgyzstan

    Brussels activated a tool it had never used. Six weeks later, Bishkek shut down 50 companies. The experiment is being watched across the region.

  4.  Nikol Pashinyan Vladimir Putin
    PoliticsBrief1 Jun

    The train to Brussels runs on Russian rails

    Armenia wants to end Moscow’s monopoly on its railways, electricity and gas. The 7 June election will determine whether it can

  5. 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, delivered from Kazakhstan’s capital