Russia’s major infrastructure and trade ambitions with Iran, including the vital North-South Transport Corridor and Caspian ...

To many casual Russia watchers out there, it might seem that the recent military confrontation between Iran and Israel went ...

On average, Russians rest for 4 hours and 7 minutes a day, but residents of the North Caucasian republics have the most free ...

Relations between Russia and Azerbaijan hit an all-time low this week, as simmering tensions over the death of two ...

The North Caucasus needs a microloan program. Based on my field research in the region, if there is one single, simple thing that would help the North Caucasus, it is the construction of highland ...

Conflict has racked the North Caucasus region. It’s not clear if the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were radicalized as a result of apparent Chechen roots ...

Over the past 15 years, Russia's North Caucasus has become a byword for war, destruction, human rights abuses, extrajudicial killings, corruption, economic collapse, and Islamic terrorism. Last ...

The Islamic State extremist group's North Caucasus affiliate, Wilayat al-Qawqaz (Caucasus Province) has issued a call for would-be militants in Russia to join it and fight against Russian forces ...

The North Caucasus region is the part of Russia that slopes up towards the main ridge of the Caucasus mountains, often considered the border between Europe and Asia. It is home to dozens of ...

Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region continues to struggle with a low-level Islamic insurgency, but a heavy-handed approach to counterinsurgency has not addressed the root causes of ...

To date, Georgia has dropped visa requirements for Russian citizens from the North Caucasus; launched parliamentary hearings on recognizing as genocide Tsarist Russia’s 1864 slayings of North ...

The North Caucasus region is the part of Russia that slopes up towards the main ridge of the Caucasus mountains, often considered the border between Europe and Asia.