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)
by Alexander Shpunt
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 …
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 …
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)
by Alexander Shpunt
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 …
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 …
