South Caucasus Energy and Europe’s Strategic Redundancy after Hormuz
Europe should turn interest in South Caucasus energy corridors into practical and financial support, strengthening strategic redundancy after Hormuz.
Author: Prof. Robert Cutler
Europe Needs to Make Its Black Sea Strategy Work
Europe now has a Black Sea strategy, but it must integrate transport, customs, energy, and digital links to make the corridor function in practice.
Uzbekistan Matters More Than It Used To, Including to Europe
Uzbekistan is becoming central to Central Asia’s self-reorganization, corridor politics, and external competition, requiring Europe to treat it as a strategic political node.
A Practical South Caucasus Peace Strategy for the EU
The EU should help consolidate Armenia-Azerbaijan peace through practical regional support, not lead it, while deepening ties with both states and containing external spoilers.
Washington, Brussels, and the Central Asia–South Caucasus Supply Chain
A rules-based corridor through southern Armenia will boost reliable, diversified trade, linking Central Asia to Europe. Washington’s C5+1 and the EU focus on practical implementation.
European Sovereignty Is Illusory Because Ambition Is Not Agency
The EU proclaims sovereignty but lacks the institutional machinery, demographic foundation, and strategic capacity to convert ambition into actionable geopolitical agency.
What Europe Can Contribute to Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace
Europe cannot dictate Armenia-Azerbaijan peace, but by backing consistent rules and transparent practices, it lowers risk and strengthens institutional trust.
Power and Alignment in the Indo-Pacific Order
The Indo-Pacific’s order emerges through modular alignments, where India and ASEAN restructure power via infrastructural, institutional, and informational architectures beyond binary rivalries.
Europe’s Energy Transition Is Collapsing Under Its Own Misdesign
Energy Security, International Market Economics, International Security & Strategy, Risk Assessments, Resources & Environment, Threats & Future Challenges
Eurasia’s Strategic Subsystems under Systemic Bifurcation
Central Asia leverages infrastructure and diplomatic diversification to assert agency within a bifurcating international order shaped by parallel systems of influence.
