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Regional States Consolidate the Resilience of the Middle Corridor (Part 2)

06.17.2026 Vusal Guliyev

Executive Summary: The Middle Corridor, also known as the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), is becoming increasingly institutionalized as regional actors shift to more structured...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor

Growing Water Shortages in Central Asia Threaten Region and its Neighbors

06.16.2026 Paul Goble

Executive Summary: Water shortages in Central Asia have become so severe that they can no longer be resolved by water-sharing agreements between the so-called “water...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor

Aliyev’s Digital Silk Road and Middle Corridor Experiences Reliability Gap

06.04.2026 Sertaç Canalp Korkmaz

Executive Summary: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced at the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) Turkistan summit on May 15 that the Trans-Caspian Fiber-Optic Cable would...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor

Economics & Energy

Regional States Consolidate the Resilience of the Middle Corridor (Part 1)

06.02.2026 Vusal Guliyev

Executive Summary: On May 8, KTZ Express and Pasifik Eurasia organized the transportation of a container train from Izmir in Türkiye to Chengxiang in the...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor