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US House passes a bill on Chinese and Russian influence in Georgia
The US House passed the Countering China’s Control of the Caucasus Act on 8 June, ordering a classified report on Russian and Chinese intelligence activity in Georgia. It is the sharpest sign yet of Washington’s rift with Tbilisi.
Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most closed states, talks AI with OpenAI
A Turkmen education delegation met OpenAI this week to discuss using AI in schools. For one of the planet’s most isolated governments, even the conversation is a departure.
Kyrgyzstan on the Security Council and under EU sanctions: the week the contradictions converge
The UN seat is confirmed for 2027. The EU compliance seminar is tomorrow in Bishkek. Two tracks that should be unrelated, and are not.
The EU goes to Ashgabat: what rights groups want from the 22 June dialogue
The 18th annual EU-Turkmenistan Human Rights Dialogue takes place in Ashgabat on 22 June. IPHR and TIHR published a briefing this week telling Brussels what to demand.
Campaign over, silence begins: what Armenia goes into 7 June with
Pashinyan leads by a wide margin among decided voters. A third of the electorate is still undecided. Tomorrow is the day of silence. Sunday is the vote.
Armenia T-3: Civil Contract leads by a distance, but a third of voters are still undecided
The latest polling aggregate puts Pashinyan at 46% of decided voters. The undecided bloc is large enough to change the outcome. Campaign ends tomorrow.
Kyrgyzstan wins a UN Security Council seat, 142 to 49 over the Philippines
Four rounds of voting. A result that Central Asian diplomats called historic. Bishkek joins the Council for the first time since independence in 1991.
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The silence before the vote: what Armenia's campaign says about 7 June
Pashinyan leads but is weaker than at any point since 2018. The opposition is fragmented but financed. The campaign ends Thursday.
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Kyrgyzstan vs the Philippines: the UN votes today for an Asia-Pacific Security Council seat
The ballot in New York opens at 10am local time. A Kyrgyzstan win would put Central Asia on the Council for the first time since Kazakhstan's 2017 to 2018 term.
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.
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
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