Russia and CIS
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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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Kazakh population in China: an apple of discord or a bridge of friendship?
The Sayragul Sauytbay case re-surfaced some questions on the status of Kazakh population in Western China and evaluated the growing China-Kazakhstan economic...
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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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Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: what is next? An interview with Laurence Broers
We are glad to present an interview with Mr. Laurence Broers, the Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (London),...
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Interview with Roza Otunbayeva (Part One): from the USSR to Kyrgyzstan
A prominent stateswoman and diplomat, Roza Otunbayeva has had huge impact on the modern history of Kyrgyzstan and even served as President...
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Stalin's war against his own people - on the 80th anniversary of the Great Terror
Stalin's brutal campaign against the Bolshevik power elite, which took place during the so-called "Great Terror", reminds of the events in France...
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Azerbaijan’s Socialist past and its shade
A propaganda poster in Soviet Azerbaijan. In Russian, reading: “In 1936, we will turn Soviet Azerbaijan into a country with complete literacy” ...
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Digital Diplomacy as a Foreign Policy Tool: The Case of Azerbaijan
Diplomacy and International Affairs — as the term implies—have revolved largely around the interactions between states, and soft power, along with forceful measures,...
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A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
Despite its violent first half that experienced two world wars, the second part of the twentieth century was remarkably spared from witnessing...
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Georgia-Azerbaijan football scandal
The Georgia-Azerbaijan relations underwent a serious test because of the scandal during the first leg of a UEFA Europa League qualifier between...
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Black List for Black Garden
Visits of foreign citizens to Nagorno-Karabakh without the permission of Azerbaijani authorities raise concerns and questions on Azerbaijan`s black list from time...
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Ukraine: Towards a frozen future?
The annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014 and the protests in Ukraine’s eastern region leading to separatist movements in Donetsk and...
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Time to Reform the Minsk Group
The Minsk Group, a special body of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, was established in 1992 in order to...
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A new chance for GUAM
GUAM: from setup to the present situation In light of the current events in East Europe, a new chance can emerge for...
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