Caucasus
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For decades, the late Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Ilia II, remained one of the most influential figures in the country — a religious leader whose authority extended far beyond the church and...
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The process of normalizing relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, launched after a meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Washington in Au...
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In the early phase of the war between Iran, the United States and Israel, the countries of the South Caucasus have found themselves in a familiar but increasingly fragile position: close enough to fee...
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the country’s new constitution should not contain a reference to the 1990 Declaration of Independence because the document’s call for the reunification of...
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As Armenia prepares for parliamentary elections in June, the contest unfolding here is about far more than party platforms and campaign slogans. It has become a test of whether the small South Caucasu...
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U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s trip to the capitals of Armenia and Azerbaijan is set to have serious and long-term consequences for the South Caucasus region.
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U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance visited Armenia over the weekend and Azerbaijan, underscoring Washington’s expanded diplomatic, economic and security engagement in the South Caucasus as it seeks to loc...
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When Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, confirmed Baku’s participation in Donald Trump’s newly created “Peace Council,” the decision initially seemed unexpected. The organization emerged from an Am...
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After the Washington summit on 8 August, it became clear that the Armenian–Azerbaijani peace process has entered its most difficult phase. What happened at the White House was a political breakthrough...
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Tbilisi is once again on the brink. What began with local elections at the start of this month has turned into one of Georgia’s deepest political crises in a decade. On October 4, tens of thousands fi...
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Reports in international media about a proposed memorandum allegedly outlining the creation of a “Trump Bridge” transport corridor linking mainland Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave through Armenia...
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The historic face-to-face meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Abu Dhabi marked a significant shift in the long-standing peace efforts betw...
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As of July 2025, Armenia and Azerbaijan have concluded negotiations on the text of a historic peace treaty, with both sides agreeing to 17 articles covering mutual recognition of borders, renunciation...
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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made a landmark visit to Turkey on Friday, marking the first official bilateral trip by an Armenian head of government to the country since Armenia gained indep...
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This week, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ignited a political and spiritual firestorm by publicly accusing the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II, of violating his v...
