Caucasus

 
  • Article
    A Successful Vilnius Summit: Mission Possible
    Olga Shumylo-Tapiola June 4, 2013

    The EU has the opportunity to forge a more effective policy in the Eastern Partnership region. Now it needs to harness the courage and vision to make a real difference.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Abkhazia, the Comfortable Conflict Zone
    Thomas de Waal May 28, 2013 National Interest

    Despite its continued diplomatic isolation, heavy reliance on Russian aid, and uncertain future, the breakaway territory of Abkhazia has entered a period of relative normalcy as the country looks increasingly inwards.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Risks for Caucasus of U.S.-Russia Anti-Terrorism Cooperation
    Bayram Balci May 8, 2013 Globalist

    After the Boston bombings by two ethnically Chechen brothers, Russia is angling for added U.S. anti-terrorism support in its efforts to subdue the rebellious northern Caucasus region.

     
  • Other Publications
    The Search for Security in the Caucasus
    Thomas de Waal April 29, 2013 Keynote Presentation at the Rose Roth Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia

    The persistent insecurity in the Caucasus requires a shift of strategy from conflict resolution to conflict transformation.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Russia Must Let the World Into Chechnya
    Thomas de Waal April 23, 2013 Financial Times

    The North Caucasus, home of a low-level Islamist insurgency, is easily Europe’s worst conflict zone. Moscow has lost authority over the territory—but no one else has gained it.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Suspects' Culture of Migration and Machismo
    Thomas de Waal April 20, 2013 CNN

    Chechnya is outwardly much more quiet than in previous years, but a low-level Islamist insurgency continues in and around the region that takes dozens of lives each year.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Caucasian Circles
    Thomas de Waal April 5, 2013 Times Literary Supplement

    Although set in a mythological period of Georgian history, the narrative of Otar Chiladze's latest work is an allegory of the Georgian Soviet era.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Political Tremors in the Caucasus
    Thomas de Waal March 8, 2013 Foreign Policy

    Protests in Russia and President Saakashvili's October defeat in Georgia's legislative elections have given new confidence to protesters throughout the South Caucasus.

     
  • Op-Ed
    An Iran Deal Buy-In for Russia?
    Mark Hibbs January 3, 2013 Arms Control Wonk

    A comprehensive P5+1 Iran deal that included a Russo-Iranian agreement on nuclear cooperation could give Moscow a powerful incentive to work with the West and open a sustainable path for Iran toward commercial nuclear power development.

     
  • Q&A
    U.S.-Russia Relations in 2013
    Dmitri Trenin December 27, 2012

    At the start of the Obama administration’s second term, it is unclear how Washington and Moscow will approach relations going forward.

     

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Carnegie Experts on Caucasus

  • Alexei Arbatov
    Scholar in Residence
    Nonproliferation Program
    Moscow Center

    Arbatov, a former member of the State Duma, is the author of a number of books and numerous articles and papers on issues of global security, strategic stability, disarmament, and Russian military reform.

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  • Bayram Balci
    Visiting Scholar
    Middle East Program

    Balci is a visiting scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where his research focuses on Turkey and Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.

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  • James Collins
    Director, Russia and Eurasia Program;
    Diplomat in Residence

    Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.

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  • Thomas de Waal
    Senior Associate
    Russia and Eurasia Program

    De Waal is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, specializing primarily in the South Caucasus region comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia and their breakaway territories as well as the wider Black Sea region.

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  • Stefan Lehne
    Visiting Scholar
    Carnegie Europe

    Lehne is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the post–Lisbon Treaty development of the European Union’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on relations between the EU and member states.

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  • Maria Lipman
    Scholar-in-Residence
    Society and Regions Program
    Editor in Chief, Pro et Contra
    Moscow Center

    Lipman is the chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Society and Regions Program. She is also the editor of the Pro et Contra journal, published by the Carnegie Moscow Center.

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  • Alexey Malashenko
    Scholar in Residence
    Religion, Society, and Security Program
    Moscow Center

    Malashenko is the co-chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Religion, Society, and Security Program. He also taught at the Higher School of Economics from 2007 to 2008 and was a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations from 2000 to 2006.

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  • Jessica Tuchman Mathews
    President

    Mathews is president of the Carnegie Endowment. Before her appointment in 1997, her career included posts in both the executive and legislative branches of government, in management and research in the nonprofit arena, and in journalism and science policy.

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  • Martha Brill Olcott
    Senior Associate
    Russia and Eurasia Program and
    Co-director
    al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia

    Olcott is professor emerita at Colgate University, having taught political science there from 1974 to 2002. Prior to her work at the endowment, Olcott served as a special consultant to former secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger.

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  • Matthew Rojansky
    Deputy Director
    Russia and Eurasia Program

    Rojansky, formerly executive director of the Partnership for a Secure America, is an expert on U.S. and Russian national security and nuclear-weapon policies.

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  • Lilia Shevtsova
    Senior Associate
    Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program
    Moscow Center

    Shevtsova chairs the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, dividing her time between Carnegie’s offices in Washington, DC, and Moscow. She has been with Carnegie since 1995.

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  • Petr Topychkanov
    Associate
    Nonproliferation Program
    Moscow Center

    Topychkanov is an associate in the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Nonproliferation Program.

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  • Dmitri Trenin
    Director
    Moscow Center

    Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.

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  • Andrew S. Weiss
    Vice President for Studies

    Weiss is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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