PSCRP-BESA Reports No 235 (September 30, 2026)
Preamble
The formation of the State Duma of the ninth convocation following the elections of September 18–20, 2026, was accompanied not only by an updating of the personal composition of the chamber, but …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 234 (September 29, 2026)
August is traditionally considered a month when academic activity grinds to a halt—a trend that applies particularly to publishing. It is precisely in August that reputable journals make room for publications with unusual …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 233 (September 27, 2026)
Iran is becoming increasingly isolated. Under pressure from the United States, countries that for years had maintained a relatively neutral stance are beginning to sever their remaining ties with the Islamic Republic. The …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 232 (September 23, 2026)
September has not been a quiet month on NATO’s northeastern edge. Russia opened polling stations for its parliamentary election at crossing points with Poland and the three Baltic states, a suspected Russian …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 229 (September 9, 2026)
The government of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has stepped up efforts to involve Central Asian countries in the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP). Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have expressed cautious …
In August 2026, PSCRP analytical materials largely focused on developments in the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and Russia.
The PSCRP team provides an overview of the year that has passed since the joint declaration was signed in Washington between the …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 228 (August 31, 2026)
The “Access to Leadership Positions and Career Trajectories among Georgian and American Women in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries,” authored by Salome Tcharbadze, PhD Student at the International Black Sea University in Tbilisi, …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 227 (August 31, 2026)
by Gershon Kogan
1. Introduction
In mid-August 2026, Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Aref met in Tehran with Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Daler Juma. The substance of the meeting was …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 225 (August 17, 2026)
Twelve months after the White House ceremony that startled the Caucasus, Yerevan and Baku are trading grain, oil, and even goodwill — an outcome that owes less to diplomacy-as-usual than to Ilham Aliyev’s …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 223 (August 10, 2026)
by Gershon Kogan, PhD
Script is rarely a neutral technical choice in this region. Which alphabet a state teaches its children is a declared vector of civilizational allegiance — a public signal of …
