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CAUCASUS BLOG: Russia's South Ossetia treaty edges toward annexation

May 22, 2026

New treaty amounts to de facto annexation of separatist Georgian republic, analysts and Georgian opposition figures say.

CAUCASUS BLOG: Armenian PM’s Moscow pushback plays to a domestic audience pre-election

April 6, 2026

Nikol Pashinyan made unusually blunt comments to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Moscow.

CAUCASUS BLOG: Armenia reaches East as well as West

August 30, 2025

New memorandums herald increased US involvement in Armenia’s economy, but Yerevan has also signalled it values relations with Eurasian powers.

CAUCASUS BLOG: Politicians take on Emerging Europe’s powerful churches at their peril


June 27, 2025

Armenian PM offered to show the head of the church his penis to prove a point in their ongoing row. But past experience shows it’s difficult for politicians to win a church vs state standoff.

CAUCASUS BLOG: Baku's performance art of multilateralism

June 20, 2025

A critical look at Azerbaijan's Global South agenda.

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