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The leaders exchanged greetings in China, but no talks followed. He framed the summit as unusually Caucasus-focused, noting Armenia’s formalization of a strategic partnership with China—after Georgia (2023) and Azerbaijan (April 2025)

South Caucasus Goes ‘Against the Current’ as East Builds Collective Center of Power

Derluguian: In the Caucasus, bright outcomes often stem from dull causes

From Rhetoric to Racism: Kremlin Propagandist Calls for Ethnic Purge of Azerbaijani Candidate

Musabekov: Moscow Relations Shift to Minimum, China Corridor Momentum Builds

Suspect had joined a Ukrainian organization banned in Russia and conducted reconnaissance of potential targets

Real power inside the SCO gravitates toward a mini-club—RIC (Russia–India–China)—whose internal frictions and interdependence make bloc-discipline unlikely.

Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline: How an Energy Project Could Redraw Eurasia’s Geopolitical Map

BAKU, September 8 A fleeting handshake between Presidents Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin in Beijing has become the Rorschach test of the week for South...

A recent Beijing summit signaled that the era of China limiting itself to economic rise is ending;