"Tenger Era"

On June 2, the 180-kilometer upgraded section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, jointly constructed by Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, officially commenced commercial operation. Following the upgrade, the line's annual freight capacity jumped from 1 million tons to 5 million tons, quadrupling its transport capacity. As a key land-based backbone of the trans-Caspian corridor, this upgrade is not merely a single infrastructure project, but a phased achievement resulting from t

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has outlined his country’s dual-focused energy agenda while opening the 31st edition of Baku Energy Week, a flagship regional industry gathering drawing energy firms, diplomats and policymakers from across Europe, Central Asia and the Caspian basin. The keynote address laid out Baku’s ambition to cement its long-term standing as a dependable fossil fuel exporter while scaling up renewable power development amid global shifts in energy secur

A senior delegation from the US State Department has wrapped up a five-day working visit to Georgia, running from 24 to 29 May 2026. It is the first high-level diplomatic outreach by the current US administration to Tbilisi, drawing wide attention amid intensifying great-power competition across the South Caucasus. Headed by Charles Yockey, Special Assistant to the US Secretary of State, alongside Peter Andreoli, head of the department’s Russia and Caucasus affairs office