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Armenia

Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide

De Waal on the “Great Catastrophe”

The G-Word: The Armenian Massacre and the Politics  of Genocide

Event: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide

- Article
Upgrading U.S. Support for Armenia’s Postrevolution Reforms
- Ray Salvatore Jennings
- February 14, 2019
A successful transition in Armenia will offer a model for other aspiring democracies to chart a multipolar course. There is no better time to use diplomacy and foreign aid to support it.
- Q&A
A Brief Guide to Understanding the Countries of the South Caucasus
- Thomas de Waal
- February 11, 2019
Bordered by great powers but with their own distinct cultures, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia lie at the crossroads of Asia and Europe. In his book, The Caucasus: An Introduction, Thomas de Waal explains this fascinating region.
- Strategic Europe
The Caucasus: No Longer Just Russia’s Neighborhood
- Thomas de Waal
- December 18, 2018
The three South Caucasian countries have found a way to manage their relationship with Russia. If their leaders do nothing stupid to alienate their own populations, they stand a good chance of navigating 2019 without a confrontation with Moscow.
- Book
The Caucasus: An Introduction, 2nd Edition
- Thomas de Waal
- December 01, 2018
- Oxford University Press
This new edition of The Caucasus is a thorough update of an essential guide that has in-troduced thousands of readers to a complex region.
- Strategic Europe
Armenia’s Revolution and the Karabakh Conflict
- Thomas de Waal
- May 22, 2018
- - Русский
Armenia’s new prime minister has so far taken a tough stance on the unresolved Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. The moribund Karabakh peace process needs shaking up—but not too much.
- Op-Ed
The Strange Life and Curious Sustainability of De Facto States
- Thomas de Waal
- April 26, 2018
- New Eastern Europe
The international order has never been tidy or complete, always having lands with contested sovereignty. Yet the breakdown of empires is the most common catalyst for producing new aspirant states.
- Op-Ed
Armenia’s Democratic Triumph
- Paul Stronski
- April 24, 2018
- Atlantic
The resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan after eleven days of peaceful protest was a genuine expression of the will of the people. Yet Armenia’s economic and security challenges mean that preserving this moment for democracy will require tremendous effort.
- Op-Ed
Sometimes Armenian Protests Are Just Armenian Protests
- Thomas de Waal
- April 23, 2018
- Foreign Policy
Not every post-Soviet revolution is about the geopolitics of Russia.
- Strategic Europe
Will Armenia’s Transition Bring Change?
- Thomas de Waal
- April 05, 2018
Outgoing President Serzh Sargsyan is likely to remain Armenia’s de facto leader when constitutional changes soon kick in. Sargsyan has diversified Armenia’s economy and foreign policy. Will he continue that trend?
- Event
Return of Global Russia
- Mark Warner, John McLaughlin, Elizaveta Osetinskaya, Andrew S. Weiss, Bianna Golodryga, William J. Burns
- March 01, 2018
- Washington, DC
- Warner Transcript
The Kremlin is relying on a highly adaptable toolkit to chip away at the liberal international order and to capitalize on the West’s inability to come up with a unified strategy to respond.

Alexander Baunov
Senior Fellow
Editor in Chief of Carnegie.ru
Moscow Center
Baunov is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center and editor in chief of Carnegie.ru.
James Collins
Nonresident Senior Fellow
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.
Thomas de Waal
Senior Fellow
Carnegie Europe
De Waal is a senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region.
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.
Andrey Movchan
Nonresident Scholar
Economic Policy Program
Moscow Center
Movchan is a nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Paul Stronski
Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program
Paul Stronski is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, where his research focuses on the relationship between Russia and neighboring countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Dmitri Trenin
Director
Moscow Center
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.