More: Caucasus
“Anschluss” in the Caucasus: Thanks to complete negligence of the world community
On March 12, Austria commemorated a sad date, the 80th anniversary of the Anschluss, a bloodless “absorption” of the country by Hitler’s Germany. March...
Reviving an Ancient Route? The Role of the Baku – Tbilisi – Kars Railway
Though the initial idea about the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway project was raised in the early 1990s, it was not taken seriously due to regional...
Why Azerbaijan is Unable to Offer Viable Solutions to the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Azerbaijan has cornered itself with the inability to offer peaceful solutions to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The impasse has been caused by Baku's assumption...
Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union Concerned Over Anti-Russian Sanctions of the USA
The confrontation between Russia and the West has had a negative impact on the closest partners of Moscow that share in the trade and...
The Price of Opportunism: Georgia’s Saakashvilli and the Lessons of History
Modern diplomacy does not imply one should ignore the lessons of contemporary history. Nor should one sacrifice prudent long-term policies for the perception of...
Armenia’s Russian-Backed Aggression a Danger to Region
The Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan was illegally occupied by neighboring Armenia during a three-year war that ended with a ceasefire in 1994. The occupied...
South Gas Corridor and the recent escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh
Authors: Rusif Huseynov, Murad Muradov E urope`s longest running conflict was reactivated in Nagorno-Karabakh on February 25, when the cease-fire regime along the...
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...
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...
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...