a growing ‘totalization’ of the conflict beyond contested sovereignty in Nagorny Karabakh itself

The Caucasus enters this year in the same situation of “stable instability” that has characterized the entire post-Soviet era – the endless war of everyone against everyone. For now the war is cold, but this year the Sochi Olympics will exert a powerful influence on the situation in the region, at

The first four months of Vladimir Putin’s new presidential term have shifted the focus of Russia’s foreign policy to post-Soviet countries. The Eurasian Union concept, announced in October 2011, is coming to the fore.

The Kosovo precedent has flung wide open the window of opportunity for all other frozen, secession-driven regional conflicts. If two views on the Balkans can exist simultaneously, why not on the Caucasus, Cyprus or the Middle East? There is also the example of China and Taiwan, which are now comfor

The most recent armed clash between the two nuclear powers India and Pakistan demands a renewed focus on both international security in South Asia and Russia’s foreign policy strategy in this region. What distinguishes this clash is that it is the first since Pakistan and India joined the Shanghai

Negative views in Armenia on the prospects for Armenian-Azerbaijani coexistence are hardly surprising. But if the rivalry does not subside, the South Caucasus will get only renewed regional fracture instead of regional connectivity, writes Laurence Broers, Caucasus Programme Director of Conciliatio

Negative views in Armenia on the prospects for Armenian-Azerbaijani coexistence are hardly surprising. But if the rivalry does not subside, the South Caucasus will get only renewed regional fracture instead of regional connectivity, writes Laurence Broers, Caucasus Programme Director of Conciliatio