2026 Armenian parliamentary elections
Azerbaijan’s media apparatus goes all-in for Pashinyan
Ahead of elections, incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has found an unlikely cheerleader — Azerbaijani pro-government media.
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2026 Armenian parliamentary elections
Is the Armenian election really about the West vs Russia?
While the West has relied on showing support through statements and summits, Russia has resorted to economic pressure and overt warnings.
Culture
‘Becoming queer to a place’: Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian on indigeneity, queerness, and mushrooms
This Armenian–American author and mycologist’s debut is a loose memoir examining queer ecology and the importance of persevering through dark times.
Georgia
‘A guilty society’ — Ketevan Vashagashvili on breaking taboos through film under Georgian Dream
Her debut documentary, 9-Month Contract, cuts through society’s willful ignorance of Georgia’s problematic surrogacy industry.
Economy
Will Armenia–Azerbaijan peace spell the end of Georgia’s transit monopoly?
Georgia’s transit monopoly is eroding, yet the region’s future may largely depend on cooperation, not competition
2026 Armenian parliamentary elections
Bob Amsterdam: the lawyer behind the opposition party trying to take down Pashinyan
The Canadian–American lawyer has emerged as a key mouthpiece of opposition Russian–Armenian oligarch Samvel Karapetyan.
Georgia
Georgia’s new vineyard rules draw accusations of ‘Soviet-style thinking’ from small producers
While the government insists the regulations will safeguard Georgian wine’s reputation abroad, critics argue they could wipe out smaller producers.
