Interviews with U.S. and Swiss officials, as well as envoys from Turkey and Armenia, provide an insider’s account of negotiations resulting in the 2009 Protocol establishing diplomatic relations between Turkey and Armenia.

Through business connections, Georgia and Abkhazia can discover opportunities for mutually beneficial engagement that could improve socio-economic conditions in Abkhazia, build confidence on both sides, and eventually help resolve the conflict there.

The rapprochement between Armenia and Turkey is in crisis. The protocols on normalization and recognition have not been ratified and a process of great historic and strategic importance is in danger of collapse.