The Dark Side of the Caspian: Despair and Death in Human-trafficking
The Caspian region presents individuals with an array of options for those seeking better opportunities. Unfortunately nefarious individuals are well aware of people’s hopes...
Justifying the lowering of the voting age for local elections
In the following paper we shall discuss the link between age as a personal characteristic and the right to vote as one of, if...
Caspian Roadmap: Back or wreck to the future?
Recently, I came across an interesting outlined roadmap for Caspian countries, written in 2010 with predictions for 2025. 5 years down and 10 years...
The Immigration Issue
The hundreds of thousands of refugees, that come to Europe in order to survive from war and the hundreds of thousands of immigrants, who...
OSCE: Strains and Renewal in the Security Community
On 1 August 2015, the Helsinki Final Act, the birth certificate of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) turned 40. ...
For Members Only: The Consequences of the Caspian Summit’s Foreign Military Ban
Last September brought with it major changes to the hotly contested Caspian Sea region. These changes were revealed at the IV Caspian Summit held...
Azeri Janus: Baku Balancing both East and West
Since its transition to independence, Azerbaijan has looked both east and west for its place on the world stage. Predominantly Muslim, Azerbaijan has no...
Zimbabwe and Belarus Strengthen Business Ties
It was, indeed, one more step for Zimbabwe to break all barriers that have impeded progress in its economic diplomacy and to seek an...
Food power
Last March, as Russia annexed Crimea, the European Union, Canada and the United States imposed sanctions – travel bans and asset freezes against some...
Nationalism and its effects on peace in Europe
With global crisis, unemployment, dissatisfaction, poverty and intolerance has increased and with it also nationalism. Political parties with nationalist platforms are rising and gaining...