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

  • April 10, 2021
  • Georgi Derluguian
(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…
Kakachia: The recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh
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Kakachia: The recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh vividly demonstrated that major Western actors like the US and EU were absent

  • January 16, 2021
  • PONARS Eurasia
(Eurasianet) When Joe Biden becomes president of the United States on January 20, he will be surrounded by a foreign policy team with deep experience in the former Soviet Union. But…
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Will Armenia Recognize the Independence of Nagorno-Karabakh?

  • October 2, 2020
  • Eiki Berg
(defactostates.ut.ee) Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has not been recognized by any UN member state, including Armenia. There have been some rumors about Uruguay’s willingness to recognize NKR’s independence as well as Tuvalu’s intentions to establish…
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No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war: Understanding the Armenia-Azerbaijan clash

  • September 30, 2020
  • Pavel Baev
(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…
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A battle for transportation routes in the Russian neighborhood: Is there a place for small states?

  • May 5, 2020
  • Anar Valiyev
(International Politics) Abstract: Driven by an increased interest in enhancing connectivity, great powers are in the competition to implement their transportation projects. Meanwhile, small states located in the crossroad of the…
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Formal and Informal Political Institutions | Farid Guliyev, Nona Shanazarian, and more

  • February 27, 2020
  • PONARS Eurasia
(Caucasus Analytical Digest) The contributions to this special issue address these issues by looking at the interplay between informal and formal institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. PDF © Caucasus Analytical…
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Caspian Energy Producers in the ‘New Oil Order’: Neglected by the West, Looking East 2

  • December 2, 2019
  • Farid Guliyev
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Azerbaijan Through the Prism of BRI: China’s Mounting Interests and Influence in the Region

  • October 28, 2019
  • Anar Valiyev
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U.S. Disengagement from the South Caucasus: The Throne Is Never Vacant

  • October 26, 2018
  • Anar Valiyev
(PONARS Policy Memo) Over the last ten years, the United States has been gradually disengaging from the South Caucasus. This has tremendously affected the countries of the region, especially Georgia and…
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Kakachia: Georgia remains a steadfast supporter of U.S. initiatives but is unlikely to want to get drawn into a US-Iran conflict

  • October 24, 2018
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