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Armenia and Azerbaijan: A Season of Risks 26 septembre 2013

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Europe Briefing (International Crisis Group) N° 71, 15 p.

26 September 2013, Baku/Yerevan/Tbilisi/Brussels

Confrontation, low-intensity but volatile, between Azerbaijan and Armenia has entered a period of heightened sensitivity. Peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh bogged down in 2011, accelerating an arms race and intensifying strident rhetoric. Terms like “Blitzkrieg’’, “pre-emptive strike’’ and ‘‘total war” have gained currency with both sides’ planners. (suite…)

Turkey and Greater Azerbaijan: A Card to Play? 24 juillet 2012

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German Marshall Fund of the United States, July 24, 2012, 3 p.

Nadir Devlet *

Beyond a growing commercial relationship, Turkey is trying simultaneously to promote broad-based cultural cooperation that draws Turkic peoples in Azerbaijan and other South Caucasus nations closer. (suite…)

Iran War Threat Rattles Nerves in Caucasus 13 avril 2012

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The Moscow Times (Russia) 13 April 2012, p. 1 & 3

By Nikolaus von Twickel

When the world’s major powers gather in Istanbul on Saturday for crucial talks with Tehran on its nuclear program, Moscow’s negotiators will have extra motivation to avoid a war. (suite…)

A ‘frozen conflict’ that could boil over 9 mars 2012

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International Herald Tribune (USA) Friday, March 9, 2012, p. 6

By Lawrence Scott Sheets *

One frigid day nearly 19 years ago, I found myself standing along a muddy, rutted road in the foothills of Azerbaijan’s 3,000 meter-high Murov mountain range. Hundreds of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons – from the strategic Kelbajar region – were arriving on foot, some nearly frozen to death after a multiday trek through the icy mountain passes. (suite…)

Tackling Azerbaijan’s IDP Burden 27 février 2012

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Europe Briefing (International Crisis Group) N° 6, 15 p.           Türkçe  усский

27 February 2012, Baku/Tbilisi/Istanbul/Brussels

As negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia to resolve the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh stall, the Azerbaijan government has improved living conditions for the internally displaced (IDPs), though return to the occupied territories remains by far the preferred solution. (suite…)

Echoes of war across the South Caucasus 3 février 2012

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Asia Times Online (Hong Kong) February 3, 2012

By Nicholas Clayton *, Tbilisi (Georgia)

As the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program intensifies, South Caucasus leaders are pondering contingencies since the consequences of open conflict or prolonged tensions are potentially serious for all three nations. (suite…)

Israel’s front-line in the South Caucasus 3 février 2012

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The Jewish Chronicle (UK) February 3, 2012, p. 26

By Tim Judah *

Aghdam is as far as you can go. Travel east, cross Turkey, pass the snow-capped twin peaks of Ararat, cross Armenia and finally you get to Nagorno-Karabakh. As the Soviet Union collapsed, this was the front-line in a brutal war pitting Armenians against Azerbaijanis, or Azeris. (suite…)

Acturca Journal Watch September 2011 30 septembre 2011

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, September 2011

Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)

Acturca Journal Watch June 2011 30 juin 2011

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, June 2011

Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)

Acturca Journal Watch March 2011 31 mars 2011

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, March 2011

Compiled by Ozan Yigitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)

Acturca Journal Watch July 2010 31 juillet 2010

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Acturca Journal and Periodical Review, July 2010

Compiled by Ozan Yiğitkeskin

Acturca Journal Watch monitors leading scholarly journals for articles of particular interest to scholars of diplomacy, foreign relations, and international history on Turkey. It is updated monthly. (suite…)

Armenia, Turkey look to economic, diplomatic gains 1 septembre 2009

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Reuters, 1st september 2009

By Matt Robinson, Tbilisi

Armenia sees economic gains, Turkey diplomatic – Risks remain, notably Nagorno-Karabakh conflict – Oil-producing Azerbaijan angry at thaw (suite…)

Azerbaijan concerned at Turkey-Armenia thaw 2 avril 2009

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Reuters News, April 2, 2009

By Afet Mehtiyeva, Baku

Azerbaijan expressed concern on Thursday at the prospect of the border being opened between its old foe Armenia and Turkey, where U.S. President Barack Obama visits next week. (suite…)

Turkey and Armenia pave way for historic accords 2 avril 2009

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The Wall Street Journal (USA), April 2, 2009, p. A7

By Marc Champion, Brussels

Neighbors’ bid to open border and establish ties could sideline genocide dispute, improve security for fuel pipeline to west. (suite…)

Turkey and Armenia poised to normalise ties 27 mars 2009

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Irish Times (Ireland), March 27 2009, p. 11

Nicholas Birch in Istanbul

Turkey and Armenia are poised to normalise relations non-existent since 1993. The move would be a historic reconciliation between two traditional enemies divided by strategic differences in the Caucasus and the Ottoman Empire’s ethnic cleansing of Armenians in 1915. (suite…)

The key to the Caucasus 8 décembre 2008

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The International Herald Tribune, Monday, December 8, 2008 

By Stanley A. Weiss *, Baku

‘Welcome to Houston on the Caspian, » said Anne Derse, the U.S. ambassador to this booming, oil-rich nation, as our delegation of American business executives arrived on the final leg of a visit to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. (suite…)

The Caspian moment 22 janvier 2008

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The Wall Street Journal Europe, 21 January 2008, Pg. 10

By Elmar Mammadyarov *

The Caspian is back on the international energy agenda. Our region, rich in oil and gas, is emerging from the Soviet past with a bang. But we still have unfinished business. Regional integration is a priority for Azerbaijan. (suite…)

Balkans tie Russia and Georgia tights 22 janvier 2008

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Kommersant(Russia)

21 janvier 2008

Plagiarizing Pushkin I’d say: “A shadow of Lavrov fell over the hills of Georgia”. The shadow fell on the occasion of the inauguration of President Saakashvili. (suite…)