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9 September 2026
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We are pleased to inform that our newsletter Caucasus Concise and Central Asia Concise will be amalgamated into a weekly online publication CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA CONCISE with effect from 17 September 2026. We will continue to send the publication free of charge to our thousands of subscribers and loyal readers.

Background Information

Since July 1997 the LINKS network has worked for:

  • Peace through dialogue and confidence-building 
  • The EU in friendship and solidarity with its neighbourhood 
  • A Global Europe that provides safety, security and prosperity for its citizens and is a force for good in the world
  • Connectivity as a tool for peace and prosperity
  • An understanding of Radicalisation, and developing a response to it.

Increasingly, we have used our online tools to support our work. Huge changes are taking place in this sector, and we are taking steps to upgrade, innovate, improve and make more resilient, our efforts. Despite funding cuts most of our outlets will remain free of charge as a public service, but some premium services will be charged.

From September 2026, we will implement the following changes:

commonspace.eu, our flagship news and analysis website, will become sleeker, with daily updates and regular features such as Monday Commentary and Thursday Interview. A new website design will be launched later this year.

Caucasus and Central Asia Concise will be our new weekly newsletter, and will replace the existing fortnightly Caucasus Concise and Central Asia Concise. It will contain news, and a selection of items from across the web in the “voices” section.

Analysis Concise (Caucasus and Central Asia) is a new monthly report, sent to a select group of paid subscribers, and offering deep and reliable analysis of issues related to the Caucasus and Central Asia, and how the countries of the region interact with each other, and the wider world. Analysis Concise aims to contribute to a better understanding of the political, economic, cultural and social developments in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

Bespoke Service to selected subscribers: Arabia Concise will not be published anymore. Instead, we will offer a bespoke service on request. Items on GCC, Yemen, Iran and the Levent will continue to feature on commonspace.eu. We will also offer a bespoke service on Europe and its neighbourhood to selected subscribers.

For further information, contact george@links-europe.eu or santiago@links-europe.eu

The Management of LINKS Europe Foundation

The Editorial Boards of commonspace.eu and the Concise publications

The Hague, 8 September 2026

 

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