Daria Vaisman

Daria Vaisman is Caucasus correspondent for Christian Science Monitor and a freelance writer based in Tbilisi and Moscow.

Nagorno-Karabakhs referendum

It was all a bit of an anticlimax. The contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh was voting on 10 December 2006 for a new constitution - after twelve years of de facto

By Shaun Walker and Daria Vaisman

/ 14 Dec 2006

Orhan Pamuk and Turkeys future

Turkey's extraordinary and still unfinished year has appeared often to put it at the centre of international affairs. Sometimes it can feel as if all the currents of

By Daria Vaisman

/ 1 Dec 2006

Turkey's restriction, Europe's problem

In 1997, Saddam Hussein decided to sue French journalist Jean Daniel for the offence of having written that the then Iraqi president was a "Caligula-style tyrant" who

By Daria Vaisman

/ 28 Sep 2006

Daria Vaisman

Nagorno-Karabakh&#146;s referendum

Orhan Pamuk and Turkey&#146;s future

Turkey's restriction, Europe's problem

Nagorno-Karabakhs referendum

Orhan Pamuk and Turkeys future