Thomas de Waal

Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
De Waal is a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region.
Education

BA, Balliol College, University of Oxford

Languages
  • English
  • Russian

Latest Analysis

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Watching Erdogan Across a Closed Border

    • July 03, 2013

    The latest clashes and Erdogan’s crackdown in response reinforce a view in Armenia that the current Turkish prime minister is someone they cannot do business with. A reshuffling of the Turkish cards end up with Abdullah Gul as prime minister and re-championing a normalization with Armenia is not impossible.

    • Commentary

    Revamping the Nagorny Karabakh Peace Process

    • June 26, 2013
    • FOREIGN POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

    The protracted struggle over Karabakh must rank as Europe’s most dangerous and most forgotten conflict. It has now entered a new phase of intractability.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Iran's Relieved Neighbors in the Caucasus

    • June 26, 2013

    With Hassan Rowhani as president of Iran, the Caucasus countries will still be pulled between Iran and the West. But they will be better placed to make the argument that their Iran policies are a case of positive cultural diplomacy.

    • Research

    A New Narrative for the Karabakh Conflict

    • June 19, 2013

    There are hidden reservoirs of compromise and consensus between Armenians and Azerbaijanis that are being ignored and can be the basis for a peace agreement—if anyone cares to look for them.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    An Annual Plea Not to Delay Peace in Karabakh

    • June 19, 2013

    The annual G8 summit has been the occasion in recent years for a statement by three presidents on the often ignored conflict over Nagorny Karabakh. This year, it looks more like a “statement for the sake of a statement” or, more crudely, an affirmation that “the Minsk Group is not dead.”

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Incompatible Tombs in Istanbul

    • June 13, 2013

    Turkey is not alone in having mutually incompatible elements of its history on display side by side, such as graves honoring Armenians and a man who had them murdered. But it is a sign of unresolved contradictions.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Arab Spring, Russian Winter, Turkish Summer?

    • June 12, 2013

    The tumultuous protests in defiance of Turkish prime minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan are inevitably evoking comparisons. A more plausible parallel is of the December 2011 protests in Moscow. However, inevitably the Russian comparison is not a perfect fit either.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Ivanishvili Works on the Home Front

    • June 05, 2013

    With Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili now in charge, the new Georgian government is firmly focused on its domestic constituency and seems determined to pursue its own line, even if this causes damage to its reputation abroad.

    • Commentary

    Abkhazia, the Comfortable Conflict Zone

    • 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.

    • Commentary

    The Search for Security in the Caucasus

    • 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.

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