Emil Avdaliani
Biography
Publications
Emil Avdaliani is a professor of international relations and the history of diplomacy at European University in Tbilisi, Georgia. His research focuses on the Silk Road and the interests of world powers in the Middle East and the Caucasus.
Russia’s ASEAN embrace
Moscow has increasingly looked to Southeast Asia for friends, even as distance and sanctions hamper ties.
Central Asia’s Taliban thaw
A decision by Kazakhstan to remove the Taliban from a list of terrorism groups fits with a regional trend toward normalisation of relations.
