The Karabakh Conundrum
By VLADIMIR DUBNOV* Carnegie Moscow Center Despite all the convulsions in the international system, in Nagorny Karabakh it feels like business as usual. In a [more >>>]
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The revival of Turkey’s ‘lynching’ culture
By FEHIM TAŞTEKIN* Al Monitor Turkey’s collective memory is heavily burdened with state-provoked, politically motivated mob violence attempts against minority groups, colloquially described as “lynching.” In [more >>>]
Azerbaijan in Focus of OSCE Conference on Human Dimension
contact.az Azerbaijan has become a major theme at the meeting on the human dimension of the OSCE (HDIM – Human Dimension Implementation Meeting) opened in [more >>>]
Engaging Iran: Implications for the South Caucasus
By RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN and TORNIKE SHARASHENIDZE European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) As the US Congress prepares to formally consider the Iran nuclear deal, the [more >>>]
The Kurds, Turkey, oil and Israel
By NEVILLE TELLER* The Jerusalem Post One picture dominated the world’s TV and press on September 4 – a Turkish coastguard bearing the lifeless body [more >>>]
EU and Azerbaijan: Breaking Up or Muddling Through?
By ELDAR MAMADOV* eurasianet.org EurasiaNet Commentary Just three months ago, Azerbaijan was playing host to the inaugural European Games. These days, it seems as though [more >>>]
Turkey’s Erdoğan Is Hanging on for Dear Life
By BEHLÜL ÖZKAN* The World Post ISTANBUL — The June 7 elections in Turkey spelled the end of 13 years of single-party rule by the [more >>>]
Consultations by OSCE Special Representative Angelo Gnaedinger in Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, Sukhumi and Moscow
OSCE Newsroom VIENNA, 15 SEPTEMBER 2015 – In preparation of the next round of the Geneva International Discussions, the co-chairs visited Tbilisi, Tskhinvali, Sukhumi and [more >>>]
Restrictions imposed by Azerbaijan compel cancellation of parliamentary election observation mission, says ODIHR Director Link
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODHIR) WARSAW, 11 September 2015 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and [more >>>]
Azerbaijan’s Ties With West Fray Amid Human Rights Crackdown
By MARIA SAVEL* World Politics Review Last week, Azerbaijan sentenced Khadija Ismayilova, an investigative journalist and anti-corruption campaigner, to seven-and-a-half years in prison for illegal [more >>>]