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Minasyan: Vienna meeting between Sargsyan and Aliyev “can be treated with cautious optimism”

(Armenia Now) The meeting between President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan held with international mediation was, in general, positively received by the Armenian side, but experts…

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Unfreezing the Status Quo in the Caucasus

(Carnegie) The outbreak of fighting between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict zone has ushered in a new period of uncertainty and confrontation in the South Caucasus. A…

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A Good Soldier and a Good Mother: New Conditions and New Roles in the Nagorno-Karabakh War

(PIPSS.org) This article, dedicated to the study of women’s behaviour in times of war, is based on several interviews with “Satenik,” a woman who served as a senior lieutenant and…

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Scrutinizing a Policy of “Engagement Without Recognition”: US Requests for Diplomatic Actions With De Facto States

Abstract: De facto states are conventionally perceived as illegal entities, usually ignored by the rest of the world and therefore also isolated and severely sanctioned in most cases. We investigate US…

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Minasyan: President Sargsyan’s dismissal of three senior officials is “logical”

(Armenia Now) Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s decrees dismissing three senior officials of the Ministry of Defense in the wake of the fiercest battles in Nagorno-Karabakh since 1994 have mainly been hailed…

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Minasyan: Options for possible Nagorno-Karabakh offensive

(ARKA) YEREVAN, Sergey Minasyan, a political analyst at the Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute, says the likelihood that Azerbaijan may begin another large-scale military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh is high. Speaking to a…

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New Policy Memo: Was the West’s Engagement with Abkhazia Doomed to Fail?

Over the last five years, Abkhazia has received more international attention than ever before in its over two decades of de facto statehood. In 2009 the West launched an engagement…

Was the West’s Engagement with Abkhazia Doomed to Fail?

Over the last five years, Abkhazia has received more international attention than ever before in its over two decades of de facto statehood. In 2009 the West launched an engagement…

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Women and Conflict in the Karabakh Conflict

(Women in War) This essay explores the dynamics involved in the political conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh during the breakdown of the Communist system. Fusing narratives obtained from the…

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Russian-Azerbaijani Military Cooperation: A New or Old Trick?

Since June, there has been a dramatic increase in media coverage on the situation around the Karabakh conflict. This has been caused primarily by information about the beginning of fulfillment…

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Nagorno-Karabakh

Minasyan: Vienna meeting between Sargsyan and Aliyev “can be treated with cautious optimism”

Unfreezing the Status Quo in the Caucasus

A Good Soldier and a Good Mother: New Conditions and New Roles in the Nagorno-Karabakh War

Scrutinizing a Policy of “Engagement Without Recognition”: US Requests for Diplomatic Actions With De Facto States

Minasyan: President Sargsyan’s dismissal of three senior officials is “logical”

Minasyan: Options for possible Nagorno-Karabakh offensive

New Policy Memo: Was the West’s Engagement with Abkhazia Doomed to Fail?

Was the West’s Engagement with Abkhazia Doomed to Fail?

Women and Conflict in the Karabakh Conflict

Russian-Azerbaijani Military Cooperation: A New or Old Trick?