In the Caucasus, There Is a Peace Agreement but Not Peace

(Jacobin) Last fall, Armenia was devastated by a six-week war with its neighbor Azerbaijan, ending in the deployment of Russian peacekeepers across the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. Yet the “peace agreement” has…

View

The Yerevan Protests in 2021: a Sociological Eye

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Reportedly, Armenia is in the midst of a military coup, or is it a counter-coup? What does sociological fieldwork from the city streets tell us? Such methodology…

View

Nagorno-Karabakh between Turkey’s Scylla and Russia’s Charybdis

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On November 10, a Russian-enforced ceasefire finally put an end to forty-five days of intense fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave that…

View

Iskandaryan: If Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh fail, this will affect the perception of Russia in the country

(TASS) Joe Biden announced his victory in the 2020 US presidential election. And although Donald Trump has not yet admitted his defeat and threatens to challenge the results of the vote…

View

The Myth of Syrian Mercenaries in Karabakh Debunked in Eight Parts

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) From the beginning of the escalation of the conflict in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, some accusations were aired in several European and Russian mainstream media about the…

View

Russian-Sponsored Security Organizations and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Threat or Misconception?

November 2, 2020

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) While Azerbaijani government officials and observers have alleged a strategy by Armenia to involve Russian-sponsored security organizations in recent escalations in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, these claims are…

View

Radnitz: It’s hard for Azerbaijan to get a face-saving compromise when they say they won’t stop short of recovering all occupied territories

(Live Science) Since the end of September, hundreds of soldiers and civilians are thought to have been killed in a rapidly developing conflict between the rival Caucasus nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan. …

View

Iskandaryan: The blitzkrieg did not work, the situation is dragging on, the Azerbaijani army continues to grind in this meat grinder

(ArmInfo) Just a couple of days ago, literally, I would say that I do not see any indicators that show the possibility of a suspension of hostilities, however, now the situation has changed.…

View

No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war: Understanding the Armenia-Azerbaijan clash

(Brookings) full-blown war erupted in the South Caucasus last Sunday, September 27, and as the two belligerents — Armenia and Azerbaijan — mobilize their forces under martial law, no international authority…

View

Iskandaryan: Measures to combat the pandemic were delayed; the PM admitted that the government made mistakes

(jam-news.net) Why has Armenia, with its modest geographical size and only two open land borders before the pandemic – Georgia and Iran – become the regional leader in coronavirus infections? Doctors and…

Contacts

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Knowledge Hub

RECOMMENDED

The Current Hostilities between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: Commentary by Dzhuraev, McGlinchey, Markowitz, and Schatz

Can the EU’s new global strategy make a difference? Strengthening resilience in the Eastern Partnership countries

Statement on Andrew Kuchins

The Current Tensions Around Donbas

From “Greater Europe” to “Greater Eurasia”: Status concerns and the evolution of Russia’s approach to alignment and regional integration

PONARS Eurasia Podcast

Armenia

In the Caucasus, There Is a Peace Agreement but Not Peace

The Yerevan Protests in 2021: a Sociological Eye

Nagorno-Karabakh between Turkey’s Scylla and Russia’s Charybdis

Iskandaryan: If Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh fail, this will affect the perception of Russia in the country

The Myth of Syrian Mercenaries in Karabakh Debunked in Eight Parts

Russian-Sponsored Security Organizations and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Threat or Misconception?

Radnitz: It’s hard for Azerbaijan to get a face-saving compromise when they say they won’t stop short of recovering all occupied territories

Iskandaryan: The blitzkrieg did not work, the situation is dragging on, the Azerbaijani army continues to grind in this meat grinder

No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war: Understanding the Armenia-Azerbaijan clash

Iskandaryan: Measures to combat the pandemic were delayed; the PM admitted that the government made mistakes

Economic Challenges Facing Russia and Eurasia

Putin’s Strengths and Vulnerabilities: Three New Books