Regional focus
These are old countries. They cannot be read from the headlines. We bring the long view as readily as the latest word.
Our work spans the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine, the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
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Our regional focus.
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Montenegro · Kosovo · North Macedonia
Contested sovereignty, the long road to Europe, and networks that outlast governments. Formal office is one part of the picture; personal loyalties and inherited obligations often explain the rest.
Moldova · Ukraine
Sovereignty, security and political allegiance run through institutions and commerce alike. A name, an affiliation or a formal title is a starting point. The relationships behind it require a closer reading.
Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan
A pivot among Russia, Turkey, Iran and the West. Each capital has its own history, its own loyalties and its own way of reaching a decision. The visible alignment is only part of the picture.
Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Turkmenistan
Resource wealth, succession politics and carefully balanced external relationships. The formal structure matters. So do the networks that sustain it, the interests it accommodates and the terms on which influence is exercised.
The geographic and analytical scope of each engagement is agreed individually.
A connected region
Power, loyalties and commercial interests cross these borders. Understanding a decision in one capital can depend on knowing the relationships that reach into another. Our work follows those connections.
The practice