Catherine Putz    Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan was absent, as Yerevan continues to weigh formally leaving the organization after having frozen its...

Catherine Putz    With Yerevan’s relationship with the alliance frozen and repeated statements of intent to leave entirely, it’s no surprise Armenia is missing...

Janko Šćepanović    Not so fast. Rather than grow, Moscow’s military bloc is poised to shrink.

Catherine Putz    The foreign ministers of the CSTO, of which Russia is a member, without apparent irony put out a statement that says no state should ensure its...

Catherine Putz    If the EAEU is simply an economic project, the current circumstances will strain its relevance as members suffer the consequences of close ties to...

Lilit Hayrapetyan    What is behind India’s recent outreach to Armenia, including the first-ever visit by an Indian foreign minister?

Catherine Putz    The CSTO gathered in Bishkek and then the Central Asian presidents met in Tashkent this week.

Khamza Sharifzoda    An agreement slated for September 2019 hopes to ensure equal pension rights across the EAEU.

Catherine Putz    The facts of the initial fight, in which a young man was killed, have been entirely eclipsed by the politics of nationalism.

Catherine Putz    Oh yeah, that...how’s that going?

Casey Michel    There is little to inspire confidence that the Eurasian project is capable of delivering on its grand promises.

Guy Plopsky    Big plans, indeed, but will they materialize?

Casey Michel    It seems that everyone’s dissatisfied with the EEU.

Catherine Putz    Kyrgyz approve EEU Customs Code, except for the part on the development of trade and economic policy.

Peter Bittner    Zhang Gaoli sought to drum up interest in the ambitious trade and infrastructure network in the Caucasus.

Catherine Putz    Despite uneven progress, the talks focused on continued expansion and cooperation with other regional economic vehicles.

Casey Michel    Continued friction between two of the Eurasian Economic Union’s five members exposes the group’s weaknesses.

Catherine Putz    For the second year running, the EEU’s spring meeting has been delayed because of Armenia.

Catherine Putz    An upcoming summit in Yerevan might be relocated because of the flaring conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Emil Sanamyan    For Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, China is an important investor and possible regional stabilizer.

Evan Gottesman    Divergent interests in Russia’s dispute with Turkey and Armenia’s conflict with Azerbaijan restrict the CSTO.

Catherine Putz    The group called for forming a broad coalition without politicizing and preconditions.