Press Release—In Memoriam: Vladimir Socor (1945–2025)
Announcing – Promethean Liberation: Russia’s Emerging National and Regional Movements
OUT NOW – Pivotal Poland: Europe’s Rising Power
Uzbekistan Strengthens Energy Partnership With Afghanistan
Executive Summary: On October 6, Uzbekistan signed a 25-year, $100 million-per-year contract with Afghanistan to explore and develop Afghan oil and gas resources, expanding economic cooperation and processing extracted gas in Uzbekistan for mutual benefit.... MORE
Kozak’s Departure Marks a Reset for Moscow’s Post-Soviet Policy (Part Two)
Executive Summary: President Vladimir Putin has entrusted First Deputy Chief of Staff Sergei Kiriyenko with even greater responsibilities after relieving Dmitry Kozak of his duties as deputy head of Russia’s Presidential Administration. In recent years,... MORE
Azerbaijan–Kazakhstan Cooperation Transforms Eurasia’s Geopolitical Map
Executive Summary: Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have expanded their diplomatic, economic, and security cooperation to the point that some in the region have begun to speak of them as a kind of “bloc” in opposition to... MORE
CCP Appropriates Taiwan Retrocession Day
Executive Summary: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using the 80th anniversary of Taiwan’s retrocession to push a revisionist history, formally designating it as a national holiday, and framing 1945 as the legal return of... MORE
Illicit PRC-linked Finance Enables Arms Diversion in Africa
Executive Summary: Judicial cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Nigeria confirm that citizens from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are active in both resource extraction and digital offshore laundering networks,... MORE
Turkish Transport Projects Reshape South Caucasus Connectivity
Executive Summary: Türkiye is advancing the $1.615 billion Eastern Türkiye Railway Infrastructure Development Project (ETMIC), which will modernize the Divrigi–Kars–Georgia line with electrification, signaling, and advanced traffic management to boost freight and regional growth. Ankara... MORE
Putin Returns to Brinksmanship After New U.S. Sanctions
Executive Summary: U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest and imposed sanctions on Russia for the first time since taking office, reportedly due to Putin’s rejection... MORE
DeepSeek Use in PRC Military and Public Security Systems
Executive Summary: Military procurement documents show that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is adopting homegrown artificial intelligence (AI) systems like DeepSeek to accelerate its shift toward “intelligentized warfare.” PLA experts describe DeepSeek not as a... MORE
Eurasia Digest Volume 1, Issue 32
Welcome to Eurasia Digest, a weekly publication of Jamestown’s coverage of Eurasia. Every Friday, Jamestown will publish a compilation of articles written about Eurasia across all our publications. Read the full issue here. PANORAMA Arctic... MORE