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Published in: HomeAbkhazia: two years of independenceThe small Black Sea republic of Abkhazia, already free of Georgia’s control since the war of 1992-93, emerged more...
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Published in: HomeSakartvelo: a political prospect
The two years since the war of August 2008 have been tough for Georgia. But in domestic politics and foreign...
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Published in: HomeAbkhazia and the Caucasus: the west’s choice
The Georgia-Russia war of August 2008 refroze a region. The small Black Sea nation of Abkhazia is the key to its...
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Published in: HomeGeorgia, two years on: a future beyond war
A vicious short war between Georgia and Russia erupted on 8 August 2008 over one of Georgia's “occupied...
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Published in: oDRNatasha Estemirova: one year onOn 15 July 2009 Natasha Estemirova was kidnapped outside her flat in Grozny, bundled into a car, driven away and...
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Published in: HomeEastern Europe's great game
The proxy contest for influence between the European Union and Russia in a wide arc of states encompassing eastern...
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Published in: oDRSkating on thin ice in SochiThe 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi threatens to be overshadowed by a centuries-old row between Russia and the...
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Published in: HomeTurkey and Israel: ends and beginnings
The new chill between once close middle-eastern neighbours reflects both Ankara’s desire to chart a new course and...
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Published in: oDRPresident Medvedev summons Russia’s human rights workers
On 19 May, at a meeting with the main human rights organizations working in the republics of the North Caucasus,...
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Published in: oDRCrimes in the CaucasusDocumenting a great historical tragedy unknown to most, Oliver Bullough's new book is a fascinating and...
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Published in: HomeArmenia deadlocked, landlocked
Despite President Obama’s best efforts on 12 April, negotiations between Armenia and Turkey remain deadlocked,...
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Published in: oDRWaiting for the word in Armenia
The WW1 massacre of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Turks remains a source of great contention, writes Ara...
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Published in: oDRGeorgian Overtures to Abkhazia and Tskhinvali
Georgia’s State Minister for Reintegration floats a proposition for building bridges with Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region
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Published in: oDRThe Shape of Europe's Future
In today's Europe, unlike that of the Cold War, the 'Finlandization' of the post-Soviet space does serve the...
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Published in: HomeArmenian genocide and Turkey: then and now
The destruction of the Ottoman Armenians began on 24 April 1915. Almost a century later the contemporary political...
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Published in: oDRWhy are Chechens so angry?Why do Chechen women volunteer to blow themselves and their fellow citizens up on the crowded Moscow metro? The...
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Published in: HomeThe case for pragmatism: a view from Estonia
The complex realities of international politics make a wise and patient foreign-policy approach the only sensible...
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Published in: HomeThe return of realpolitik: a view from Georgia
The promise of an international order based on principle rather than the exercise of power is exposed as an...
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Published in: oDRAbkhazia prepares to vote
Presidential elections are looming in the Abkhazia, the breakaway republic which Russia recognised as an independent...
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