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The Iran war is raising hopes — and fears — among Azerbaijanis
The tensions between the republic of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan are re-emerging in public discourse.
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The Iran war has the potential to dramatically change the Caucasus
The Caucasus has once again found itself looking on with increasing concern as yet another war has erupted bordering our region. When I started writing this newsletter yesterday, it lead with this line — ‘So far, with the US–Israel war against Iran into its sixth day, there has been no direct spillover effects onto either the South or North Caucasus, besides a relatively modest (as of now) influx of refugees into Armenia and Azerbaijan’. Just one day later, this is no longer the case, as we wat
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Four years into Russia’s full-scale war and no end in sight
When I came to Georgia from Kyiv in early February 2022, as warnings were heating up about an impending full-throated Russian invasion, I could not have fathomed it would even begin on the scale it did on 24 February, let alone that it would be still going on four years later. I never did end up going back to my life in Kyiv, apart from a few visits to Ukraine over the past few years, including one in 2025 when I had my first personal experience with a Russian drone and missile attack. There is
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How the Aliyevs are getting a taste of their own bitter medicine
The Aliyev regime’s weaponisation of women’s bodies is now being used against them.
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Vance’s Armenian Genocide gaffe said the quiet part out loud
‘In solemn remembrance of the lives lost, we honour the resilience and enduring spirit of the Armenian people,’ US Vice President JD Vance wrote in the guestbook of the Armenian Genocide memorial after he visited the site during his working trip to Armenia. Not only did Vance avoid clarifying when, by whom, and how those lives were lost, but he also became a centre of online controversy after his post explicitly using the term ‘Armenian Genocide’ was deleted. The US recognised the mass murder
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The scourge of domestic violence and honour killings in the North Caucasus
Honour killings in the North Caucasus continue, despite being clearly counter to both Russian and local laws.
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What would an Iranian revolution mean for the Caucasus?
Whatever happens in Iran will likely have wide-reaching spillover effects in the Caucasus.
