More: Azerbaijan
A frozen conflict in the Caucasus reaches a boiling point
A s most of the industrial world and major powers focus on the conflicts in the Middle East, the obstinate behavior of North...
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and an estimate of war damages for Azerbaijan
T he conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh became as one of the most tragic and complicated conflicts contributing to instability...
Blogger Lapshin to Stand Trial in Azerbaijan
T he arrest of Aleksandr Lapshin, a Russian blogger who was detained in Belarus and then extradited to Azerbaijan to stand trial, prompts...
Negative effect of Trump’s lifting sanctions imposed on Russia is overrated
T he possibility of President Trump's decision to lift some sanctions that were imposed on Russia has created some concern in both media...
Parliamentary elections in Armenia and its impact on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Parliamentary elections in Armenia will be held on 2 April 2017. Following constitutional amendments, endorsed previously by voters in a referendum in December...
Opportunity within Constraints: The OSCE and its Next Italian Presidency
The current OSCE Chairperson-in-Office is the Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Sebastian Kurz. The OSCE Chairmanship is held for one calendar year by...
The Programmable Diplomatic Kill Switch
If indeed “War is a mere continuation of policy with other means” the metaphoric kill switches that have made their way into strategic...
Human Misery monetized
While the new cold war is taking its momentum, the world community is gradually forgetting other pressing issues; such as human rights, right to...
Should NATO and Europe seek to contain or cooperate with Russia?
Over the history, Russian-West relations have been distinguished with various kinds of factors. From the standpoint of the western policymakers, Russia has never been...
Trump, change and the new level of militarization in the South Caucasus
A fter Donald J. Trump has become a president-elect of the United States of America there has been an ongoing debate about...