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caucasus: regional fracturesFrom the 2008 Georgia/Russian war to the "rose revolution" of 2003, with contested elections in Azerbaijan and the continued trauma of Chechnya, openDemocracy writers trace the roots of turmoil.
Thomas de Waal laments the destuction of irreplaceable archives in the post-Soviet warring
The critics of the Yerevan-Ankara protocols neglect their potential benefits
The Armenia-Turkey accord entails a pragmatic and dangerous silence over the events of 1915
The linguistic, historical and political dimensions of a tangled dispute in the Caucasus
Georgian refugees from Abkhazia ask whether they will ever be able to go home
An anniversary audit on the bitter 2008 conflict from Tbilisi's then education minister
The dynamics of misrule in Russia's Caucasus are consuming Chechnya's neighbour
On a visit to the separatist republic of Abkhazia a week before the Russia-Georgia war in August 2008, openDemocracy/Russia editor Zygmunt Dzieciolowski was aware of growing tension. If war did break out, the locals knew that they would be the ones who paid the price.
Georgia’s disastrous defeat in the conflict of August 2008 is only part of a more complex story
The Georgia-Russia war of August 2008 has clarified the future of the entities at its heart
In August 2008 oD/Russia's editor was in Georgia. He interviewed Mikheil Saakashvili, as it happens just twenty hours before the war with Russia broke out. Zygmunt was assured by the President that there were no plans for military action, but later that night he felt very sure that the war could begin at any moment.
The political fallout of the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 reverberates across the entire Eurasian region
Georgians deserve better than a politics of personal rivalry. Will its leaders listen?
A year on from a disastrous war with Russia, the political elite in Tbilisi remains mired in illusion
Tbilisi's leader-fixated politics highlights doubts over the idea of "transition to democracy"
How to avoid renewed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan? A view from Yerevan
Five years to the day after violent raids in Ingushetia ending with 79 deaths, there has been an attempt on the life of its current president, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. His bodyguard and driver died. He is in intensive care. Alexander Cherkasov, board member of the human rights organisation "Memorial", comments on recent events in the republic.
The leading Georgian politician explains her break with Mikheil Saakashvili as a search for democracy
As human rights violations escalate in the North Caucasus, Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch visits Dagestan, supposedly riven by the struggle between ‘Wahhabis' and the authorities. She visits the so-called ‘Wahhabi' village of Gudben.
Civil society is playing an impressive role in Georgia's present crisis, argues Tbilisi's last ambassador to Russia. Saakashvili's government has reached an impasse. There is a way forward, but Georgia will need the help of its friends abroad
Reviewing the roots of the roots of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, Alexander Goryanin concludes that Armenia's victory has cost it too much. A more lasting solution will take time
The very survival of a troubled country depends on political leadership in the national interest
It is time for a larger vision for the Caucasus that can provide hope of inclusive progress in the face of many obstacles
A neglected dispute seems to resemble the Caucasus-Balkans - but close-up looks different
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