Energy in Central Asia. Russia will start exporting natural gas to Uzbekistan in October, the Uzbek Energy Ministry said. Deliveries totaling 9 million cubic meters per day will begin in the fall as part of a two-year agreement signed by the ministry and UzGasTrade with Russia’s Gazprom Export. The two countries and Kazakhstan have talked […]
Escalation. The situation in northern Kosovo has been escalating since the election last month of ethnic Albanian mayoral candidates in Serb-majority towns. Protests have...
For six decades, Algeria’s ruling elite failed to establish a political and economic order that Algerians could rally around and use to improve their...
Russian revenue. The Russian government is reportedly expecting revenue from non-oil and gas sectors to exceed what was anticipated in the 2023 budget. Between...
Developments in the Caucasus. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held talks in Baku, where they discussed bilateral relations and...
Growing together. On day one of the 10th Arab-China Business Conference in Riyadh, 30 investment agreements worth a total of $10 billion were signed,...
A recent intelligence leak indicates that Iran-aligned militias have been beefing up their strike capabilities against U.S. forces in eastern Syria. They are reportedly...
Economic security. U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak held talks in Washington on Thursday. They signed an “Atlantic Declaration,” which...
Blaming Kyiv. Russia’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday blamed a Ukrainian sabotage group for the destruction of an ammonia pipeline in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on...
