EGF Affiliated Expert Yeghia TASHJIAN has recently published a chapter on “The International North-South Transport Corridor and the Belt and Road Initiative in the South Caucasus” of the “Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia”. He examined how multipolarity triggered by building connectivity ‘corridors’ has impacted the behaviour of the local actors in the South Caucasus as they jockeyed for positions in the regional system. Taking into consideration the Russo-Ukrainian and Nagorno-Karabakh wars and the geopolitical and geo-economic shifts, the chapter focused on the impact of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC) and Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the South Caucasus and wider Eurasian connectivity in an evolving multipolar world order. READ MORE (under paywall)

EGF Affiliated Expert, Dr. Shanthie Mariet D’SOUZA was interviewed by “Al Jazeera” on India’s shifting relations with China and the U.S. in the context of Prime-Minister Narendra Modi’s participation to the latest SCO summit in Tianjin (China). WATCH HERE

EGF Affiliated Expert Benyamin POGHOSYAN appeared in a new episode of the GROONG Podcast where he discussed: the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, the TRIPP corridor, Russia- Azerbaijan rift, and Armenia’s ties with the UK. WATCH HERE

EGF Affiliated Expert Alan WHITEHORN published recently a short comment on “Trump and the South Caucasus Accord” on keghart.org. He concluded that: “If Armenia survives over the next decade with no further loss of military personnel or territory due to incremental border encroachments or war, the tripartite agreement may be considered a minor win also for Yerevan”. READ MORE