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Pashinyan and the Armenian opposition’s ‘war party’
Absent real alternative plans among Armenia’s main opposition parties for how to deal with Azerbaijan, Pashinyan’s framing rings true.
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Democracy is also about tolerance — something Pashinyan appears to lack
Public discourse in Armenia requires tolerance if democracy is to strengthen
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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.
