Central Asia

Caspian Power Struggle

The flare-up of tension between Tehran and Baku is not only about oil.

24 Aug 01

Regional tensions run deep in the Caspian, where gun boats, sharp tongues and bellicose threats are making serious waves.

24 Aug 01

North Ossetians claim their ethnic kin from neighbouring Georgia have abused their hospitality

11 Jun 01

The legacy of Stalin's deportations continues to divide communities in the North Caucasus

8 May 01

Adygeans returning to the land of their forefathers can expect a frosty reception from their ethnic kin

20 Apr 01

How a summer's day in 1942 turned the Balkar people into a nation of outcasts

13 Apr 01

The cost of renovating Armenia's ageing gas infrastructure has been estimated at $1.3 billion

13 Apr 01

The legacy of the 1992 Ingush-Ossetian conflict casts a long shadow over villages in the disputed Prigorodny region

6 Apr 01

Balkar leaders claim the Nalchik authorities are deliberately driving them from their ethnic homeland

16 Mar 01

COMMENT. What is the Council of Europe's political agenda in the South Caucasus now that all three states have been granted member status?

19 Feb 01

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