Russia and CIS
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The Hijacking of RyanAir Flight 4978
I have visited Minsk International Airport dozens of times. On each occasion, I felt an adrenalin rush of anticipation and fear as...
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Elections in Armenia: Pashinyan's ongoing struggle
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Bringing America Back to the South Caucasus
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Azerbaijani economy in middle-term period
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How Karabakh war affected Armenia's politics and economy
Background Various communities have been living in the South Caucasus region which has been populated for more than 1.8 million years. This...
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Lame Democracy and Endless political crisis
The leader of Georgia’s main opposition party was arrested and placed in partial detention amid deepening political turmoil in Georgia that threatens...
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Territorial Integrity v. Self-determination over the Nagorno-Karabakh region
Introduction A full-scale war over the Nagorno-Karabakh region recently erupted. Armenia and Azerbaijan have conducted hostilities over the region since the dissolution...
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Azerbaijan and the World Trade Organization
On the 23rd of June 1997, Azerbaijan formally submitted an application to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Almost...
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Beyond Russian-Turkish wars: Ottoman choice of inner people
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Nagorno Karabakh conflict: why it matters to Italy
Territorial disputes, conceptualized as disagreements over the control of a certain piece of land, have frequently occurred throughout centuries, and nowadays they...
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Armenia - Azerbaijan conflict and Georgia's perspective
On September 27, the international community woke up the news on the outbreak of hostilities in Karabakh. It initially seemed as another,...
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Karabakh – the moment of truth
As the struggle for the liberation of occupied territories gears up, enemies of Azerbaijan around the world are mobilising. This war has...
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Kvemo Kartli: is a second Abkhaziya or South Ossetia case possible?
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Ukraine’s deterrence by denial
Anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine. Photo by military journalist Taras Gren When Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s government was toppled by Euromaidan Revolution,...
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Difai: an early political organization of the Azerbaijanis
In the early years of 20th century, the situation in Russia was politically and economically very challenging. While the Empire had fallen...
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Georgian domestic politics ahead of fall elections
Despite the pandemic, the domestic political life in Georgia is quite dynamic as the country is preparing for the parliamentary elections scheduled...
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Armenian activites in Syria: From Aleppo to Kubadli
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The problem of Islamic extremism in Central Asia
Photo: Devonaboy Jome Mosque, Andijan, Uzbekistan. Christoph Rehage The collapse of the Soviet Union was a turning point for the new states...
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Azerbaijan and Belt and Road Initiative: On the way of becoming a regional transport center
Photo: Trans-Caspian International Transportation Route within the Belt and Road Initiative. https://middlecorridor.com/en/route At a time when U.S. influence in the South Caucasus...
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Azerbaijanis rally in Marneuli
Georgia's southern province of Marneuli inhabited mostly by ethnic Azerbaijani has been under strict quarantine since March 22, when it was declared...
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Pandemic, state and church in Georgia
The refusal of the clergy to cancel a number of public rituals and the state`s inability to extend nationwide restrictive measures to...
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GUAM plus Belarus? What is behind the “leaks” on Trump’s secret message to Lukashenko?
Before the U.S. Secretary of State left Minsk, information appeared in the media about a secret letter that he had allegedly conveyed...
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Results of the parliamentary elections in Belarus – Are there any new trends?
On November, 17, 2019, Belarus witnessed the end of the elections to the House of Representatives (HR; the lowest chamber of the...
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Russia versus Georgia: a new round of tensions
Since June 20, the protests have been raging in Tbilisi, triggered by the appearance in the Georgian Parliament of the Russian Communist...
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Poroshenko: An oligarch seeks a second term
Petro Poroshenko is running for a second term as president of Ukraine, a feat attained to date by only one of Ukraine’s...
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Is Belarusian independence under threat?
The deep frictions that appeared in the relationships between Moscow and Minsk in the late 2018, led many observers to suggest that...
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Same old faces, different issues? Western analysts debate Ukraine
Barring some unforeseen late events, the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections this spring is likely to see a repeat of...
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Crimean Tatars after Russian annexation
The 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia influenced not only geopolitics and international law, but also the lives of local people, most...