ANALYTICS
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Islamic Revolutionary Guards and the Problem of Drug Trafficking in Iran
Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, shortly after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran, established the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also known...
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2020 War’s Bloodiest Day: October 10
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Andreas Umland: Why direct negotiations between Baku and Yerevan are the only way to go
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OSCE Minsk Group: A future without bias
The future of the OSCE Minsk Group as the major institutional framework to mediate the Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan was...
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Reforms in Kazakhstan: "hearing government" conception
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Is there an Armenian problem in Jerusalem?
The common holy city of the Abrahamic religions, Jerusalem, which has a particular place in human history, became the epicenter of the...
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Moldovan Parliamanetary Election: New Competition Area Between Russia and the EU
As the parliamentary election approaches in Moldova, political rivalry between pro-Russian and pro-European parties enters a more complicated phase. Each side tries...
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Uzbekistan's Strategy for Building Greater Transregional Connectivity
With the election of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbekistan has embarked on an open, proactive, pragmatic and constructive foreign policy aimed at creating...
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The Hijacking of RyanAir Flight 4978
I have visited Minsk International Airport dozens of times. On each occasion, I felt an adrenalin rush of anticipation and fear as...
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Elections in Armenia: Pashinyan's ongoing struggle
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Bringing America Back to the South Caucasus
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Lame Democracy and Endless political crisis
The leader of Georgia’s main opposition party was arrested and placed in partial detention amid deepening political turmoil in Georgia that threatens...
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Nagorno Karabakh conflict: why it matters to Italy
Territorial disputes, conceptualized as disagreements over the control of a certain piece of land, have frequently occurred throughout centuries, and nowadays they...
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Armenia - Azerbaijan conflict and Georgia's perspective
On September 27, the international community woke up the news on the outbreak of hostilities in Karabakh. It initially seemed as another,...
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Karabakh – the moment of truth
As the struggle for the liberation of occupied territories gears up, enemies of Azerbaijan around the world are mobilising. This war has...
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Ukraine’s deterrence by denial
Anti-terrorist operation in Eastern Ukraine. Photo by military journalist Taras Gren When Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s government was toppled by Euromaidan Revolution,...
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Latin America as the new epicenter of the pandemic
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Armenian activites in Syria: From Aleppo to Kubadli
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Azerbaijan and Belt and Road Initiative: On the way of becoming a regional transport center
Photo: Trans-Caspian International Transportation Route within the Belt and Road Initiative. https://middlecorridor.com/en/route At a time when U.S. influence in the South Caucasus...
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Azerbaijanis rally in Marneuli
Georgia's southern province of Marneuli inhabited mostly by ethnic Azerbaijani has been under strict quarantine since March 22, when it was declared...
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GUAM plus Belarus? What is behind the “leaks” on Trump’s secret message to Lukashenko?
Before the U.S. Secretary of State left Minsk, information appeared in the media about a secret letter that he had allegedly conveyed...
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Results of the parliamentary elections in Belarus – Are there any new trends?
On November, 17, 2019, Belarus witnessed the end of the elections to the House of Representatives (HR; the lowest chamber of the...
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Russia versus Georgia: a new round of tensions
Since June 20, the protests have been raging in Tbilisi, triggered by the appearance in the Georgian Parliament of the Russian Communist...
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Poroshenko: An oligarch seeks a second term
Petro Poroshenko is running for a second term as president of Ukraine, a feat attained to date by only one of Ukraine’s...
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Same old faces, different issues? Western analysts debate Ukraine
Barring some unforeseen late events, the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections this spring is likely to see a repeat of...
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Historical Congress of the CDU: Election of the Party’s new head. Women’s dominance in the party
A deep political crisis of Merkel’s government has been observed after the migration of almost a million refugees from the Middle East....
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Merkel’s Caucasus trip: Diplomatic show or serious strategic undertaking
German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid state visits to the three Caucasus republics from 23 August to 25 August, 2018. After a period...
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What is behind new contacts between Belarus and Iran?
On 7 September 2018, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Ali Larijani had a meeting in Minsk with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. It...
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The curious case of the Hungarian right
On 8 April 2018, parliamentary election is to take place in Hungary. Though the victory of the ruling Fidesz led by Prime...