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 …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 222 (August 05, 2026)
Freight volumes moving along the Middle Corridor in both directions are steadily increasing, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said at the opening of the Fourth Shusha Global Media Forum. “We are also increasing the …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 221 (July 28, 2026)
The key word in this issue of our monitoring, analyzing scientific publications and reports from June 2026, is «war». News reports have taught us that war is no longer a crisis, a brief …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 220 (July 25, 2026)
by Alexander Shpunt
Introduction
The institution of indigenous small-numbered peoples (ISNP) in the Russian Federation represents a unique legal phenomenon, combining constitutional guarantees, special federal and regional legislation, and a system of preferences …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 219 (July 23, 2026)
By Boris Ginzburg
One of the geopolitical aftermaths of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, is the deteriorating bilateral relations between Israel and Türkiye. The South Caucasus state of …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 218 (July 17, 2026)
by Gershon Kogan
Introduction
The Israeli cabinet’s unanimous recognition of the Armenian Genocide in June 2026 generated predictable reactions: Turkish condemnation, Azerbaijani diplomatic protest, and Armenian restraint. Less predictable — and analytically more …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 216 (July 8, 2026)
The Provocation: When a Textbook Becomes a Map
By Gershon Kogan
In November 2025, Turkish Minister of Education Yusuf Tekin made a declaration that passed largely unnoticed in Western strategic circles but sent …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 222 (August 05, 2026)
Freight volumes moving along the Middle Corridor in both directions are steadily increasing, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said at the opening of the Fourth Shusha Global Media Forum. “We are also increasing the …
PSCRP-BESA Reports No 213 (June 24, 2026)
Perhaps for the first time since our monitoring program began, we encountered a situation where two publications, both worthy of the quality of their research and scientific integrity, were not included in our …
