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caucasus: regional fracturesFrom Georgia's "rose revolution" of 2003, to contested elections in Azerbaijan and the continued trauma of Chechnya, openDemocracy writers trace the roots of turmoil.
The failures of Georgia's post-Soviet transition have created a "hybrid regime" where key political changes are decided in the streets
A disputed election and mass protest in the Caucasus - but this is a new chapter, not a rerun
A presidential contest between existing and former leaders may be the last before a new generation emerges
After a disputed election, a tough choice for Georgia's opposition
A hyperactive
president and a febrile opposition equal a tough choice
The deeper roots of Tbilisi's crisis of governance
An intimate past and bitter present make amity hard but separation impossible
Where did an intimate relationship go wrong? (archive)
Nikolai Ioannidi, who lovingly conserved the histories of a small Black Sea nation, died on 1 July. We honour him
Georgia's military ambitions cast a shadow over the lost territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Nagorno-Karabakh has followed Transdniestria and South Ossetia in holding an independence referendum. But democracy in these "non-recognised entities" is not so simple, reports Sabine Freizer of the International Crisis Group. Read the rest of this post...
The Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan remains poised between peace and war even after a decisive vote for independence, report Daria Vaisman & Shaun Walker. Read the rest of this post...
A decisive referendum result has done nothing to resolve the small Caucasian statelet's future, reports Shaun Walker. Read the rest of this post...
The unrecognised republic of Abkhazia lies at the heart of the Georgia-Russia dispute. George Hewitt, leading scholar of Abkhazian language and identity, considers how the Abkhaz today view their own future. Read the rest of this post...
Moscow is determined to bully Tbilisi into submission. But Mikheil Saakashvili may have a surprise for Vladimir Putin, writes Robert Parsons. Read the rest of this post...
In the Caucasus and the Balkans, two territories whose people broke free through war from a larger state their peoples saw as oppressive are now in constitutional limbo. What future have Kosovo Albanians and Abkhazians earned – independence, autonomy, federation? What justice is owed to their Serb and Georgian neighbours and former neighbours? Thomas de Waal and Zeyno Baran debate these issues. Read the rest of this post...
Abkhazia's case for independence from Georgia has echoes of Kosovo's from Serbia, reports Thomas de Waal from the Black Sea territory. Read the rest of this post...
Armenia’s constitutional referendum reveals a flawed political system ruling over disaffected citizens whose faith in western-sponsored democracy is being sorely tested, reports Sabine Freizer in Yerevan. Read the rest of this post...
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