A strategy for North Caucasus: don’t mention politics or religion!
The recently published Russian government strategy paper for the North Caucasus chooses to focus solely on the socio-economic development of...
The recently published Russian government strategy paper for the North Caucasus chooses to focus solely on the socio-economic development of...
Behind the somewhat bizarre proposal made by members of the Azerbaijan parliament last week that Azerbaijan should change its name is a much more serious...
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Russian political scientist and editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Analytics Sergei Markedonov says he...
The armed seizure of a police station in Yerevan conceals wider problems in Armenia. The country is used to public protests,...
With the death of Vladislav Ardzinba, Abkhazia's first president, a period of post-Soviet upheaval passes further into history. Sergei...
Boris Yeltsin inherited many problems which he had to try and address while at the same time establishing the new Russian state.
The most likely scenario amid renewed clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan is a battle for small and not particularly important pockets of land.
A referendum on South Ossetia's incorporation into the Russian Federation has been postponed until after the presidential election in the region due in early...
Four years ago, Armenia's failure to sign the EU Association Agreement was an early indication of the impending Ukraine crisis.
The main debate in Abkhazia today isn't about whether partnering with Russia is good or bad; it's about the quality of independence (albeit,...
A political scientist who has critiqued Azerbaijan's policies and their implications for the Caucasus region.