Dominik K Cagara

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Dominik transitioned into journalism in 2015 from a career in peacebuilding and project management. At OC Media, he oversees organisational development and fundraising, often sharing his insights on conflict-sensitive terminology and correct transcription from all the numerous languages of the Caucasus.

OC Insider

On Azerbaijan devouring its son

by Dominik K Cagara

•2 min read

A lot of bottled up emotions broke loose together with the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in the pandemic year of 2020. While not necessarily surprising, it still hit hard — to watch faces familiar from peacebuilding conferences and peace journalism circles succumb to bloodlust, cheering on advancing troops as any prospect for a peaceful resolution to the decadeslong dispute was rendered forlorn. When I studied peace and conflict studies, I remember my lecturer stressing that even in the bleakest

Donald Tusk addressing the Polish parliament on 11 June 2025.

Georgia’s EU U-turn

Poland’s Tusk is ‘building majority in EU’ to revoke Georgia visa-free access

by Robin Fabbro

•1 min read

Tusk made the comments while speaking about immigration in an address to the Polish parliament.

Reviews

Review | Street Life — the cold drone of Georgia’s long winter protest

by Dominik K Cagara

•5 min read

Natalie Beridze’s Street Life turns Georgia’s protests into an oppressive soundscape, capturing both the exhaustion and resolve of a movement.

OC Insider

Decolonising the North Caucasus, one language at a time

by Dominik K Cagara

•2 min read

Хьоме дешархо (Dear Reader), Much has already been said about the likely closure of RFE/RL and the consequences it will have for the region. However, there is one crucial aspect that I believe deserves more attention: RFE/RL’s decolonial impact. I have been passionate about the languages of the Caucasus for years, and happen to have been studying Chechen since 2009. Chechen is a complex language and it isn’t similar to any other language that I know. Each noun belongs to one of six genders, w

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Hey, Trump! Game on.

by Dominik K Cagara

•2 min read

Dear reader, Trump, Orbán, and Putin’s war on the media has entered a new era. When they failed to destroy us with their big lies, accusations in the mirror, or false balances, they struck where we are most vulnerable — our near-total dependency on philanthropy. My favourite part of founding OC Media was feeling connected to all the brave, uncompromising journalists in the Caucasus. I loved brainstorming stories with our Daghestani journalists, refining conflict-sensitive terminology, or trave

Abkhaz Language

Abkhaz, Avar, Chechen, and Ossetian hit Google Translate

by Dominik K Cagara

•2 min read

Four previously unavailable languages of the Caucasus — Abkhaz, Avar, Chechen, and Ossetian — have been made available on Google’s translation service. Friday’s addition of 110 new languages was the first time new languages of the Caucasus have been included in Google Translate since May 2010, when Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian were added. It is also the first time the four new languages have been made available through any machine translation service. The addition is the latest step i

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