Caucasus

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Beslan Ten Years Later

    Today, the Islamist militants who attacked a school in Beslan in 2004 are weaker than before. But the fact that the North Caucasus has fallen out of the headlines does not mean that its problems are solved.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Khajimba’s Challenges

    Raul Khajimba has attained the position of Abkhazian president at the fourth attempt, but he knows it's a far from enviable job.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Shevardnadze’s Lessons For Ukraine

    As Petro Poroshenko embarks on a long steep journey as leader of Ukraine, he would do well to study Eduard Shevardnadze's statecraft in Georgia, with both his great successes and the later disappointments.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Georgia-Russia: Six Years After the War

    • George Volski
    • August 15, 2014

    It has been six years since the end of the Russia-Georgia war, but its effects still pervade political debates between the Georgian Dream coalition and the once powerful Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement (UNM).

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Putin Brings Armenian and Azeri Leaders Together, But No Solution to Karabakh in Sight

    The Sochi meeting between Russia’s, Armenia’s, and Azerbaijan’s presidents is but one episode in the series of Russia’s protracted peacemaking efforts. Rather, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict serves as a great pretext for Russia’s presence in the South Caucasus.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Out of Ideas in Sochi

    Putin enjoyed his moment in the media limelight as a peace-maker over Karabakh. But the lack of substance from the summit suggests that Russia is as out of ideas as anyone else on the Karabakh conflict.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Karabakh’s Guns of August

    The ceasefire in Nagorny Karabakh has been violated multiple times over the last few days. Without a more substantial peace process that both Armenia and Azerbaijan can buy into, the violence is all too likely to re-occur.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    A Proxy War in Ukraine?

    During the Cold War, both Washington and Moscow actively encouraged, financed, and supported proxy wars across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In the eyes of many influential figures in Moscow, that is precisely what is happening in Ukraine today.

    • Carnegie.ru Commentary

    Georgia’s Drama of the Past

    The criminal charges against former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili guarantee more recriminations about the recent past rather than discussion of the country’s future.

    • Research

    The Ukraine Crisis and the Resumption of Great-Power Rivalry

    Russia has stepped forward in Ukraine to protect its vital interests—which the West saw as aggression by a revisionist power. The ensuing conflict will last long and have an impact far beyond Europe.

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