Big dams, big dreams: Rogun and Central Asia’s geo-economics of green energyFebruary 20, 2025Timon Ostermeier analyses the new players in Central Asia's hydropower financing, taking a specific look at Rogun, the world's tallest dam.
Abkhazia at the end of a road? Difficult choices in a contentious electionFebruary 15, 2025Heidi Koell discusses recent events in Abkhazia and what the future will hold for Abkhazian–Russian relations.
A change in rhetoric brings the Three Seas Initiative closer to its original purposeDecember 10, 2024Harry Forster take a deeper look at how the war in Ukraine has affected the rhetoric and goals of the Three Seas Initiative.
Smoke sauna culture in Estonia: A queer feminist and intimate spaceNovember 15, 2024Alina Höptner takes a deeper look at Estonia's smoke sauna culture, and the space it creates for queer and feminist intimacy
The might of Georgian Dream’s election visualsOctober 25, 2024Anastasia Tsalugelashvili examines Georgian Dream election visuals ahead of the 2024 Georgian parliamentary elections.
“Laughter is dangerous”: Tajikistan’s recent literary purgeOctober 11, 2024Nazpari Sotoudeh provides a deep dive of the bizarre case of arrested author Abdukhalil Kholiqzoda amid intensifying repression in Tajikistan
Bishimbayev convicted of murder: A watershed moment for women’s rights in KazakhstanJuly 30, 2024Dameliya Kozhakhmetova and Hadley Trahan take a deeper look at the Bishimbayev case, and what it means for women's rights in Kazakhstan
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation expands into Europe — and gives us a taste of what ‘Cold War II’ looks likeJuly 11, 2024Timon Ostermeier takes a look at the ongoing expansion of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation following the recent accession of Belarus
The reshaping of Russian masculinity in wartime: a vicious cycle of violenceJuly 10, 2024Mélina Magdelénat looks at how wartime Russia has seen a reshaping in the notion of Russian masculinity and the use of sexual violence
Whither Europe? Illiberalism in Georgia and the dilemma of Eastern EnlargementMay 14, 2024Liam Martin looks at the growth of illiberalism in Georgia and how it might affect the goals of EU enlargement
