The development of interethnic conflicts is usually accompanied by the spread of negative myths and stereotypes about the enemy. Domestic or intercommunal problems existing in reality are condensed and generalised, demonising and dehumanising the other side. The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict could serve as a textbook example in this regard: two societies...
Overall, you wouldn’t really describe the current situation in our region as stable. Two capitals – Tbilisi and Yerevan – are seething with protests. Only Baku is calm. What forces are behind these events? In whose interests is it to sow discontent in two countries in the South Caucasus? And...
The high-level meeting in Brussels on 5 April between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen focused on discussion of economic and humanitarian issues in Armenia. According to official sources, it didn’t touch on the topics of security...
By the end of April 2024 over half the geodetic measurements required for the delimitation of the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia had been completed and 35 border posts had been established. According to officials, this represents significant progress in the challenging process of defining the border between the two...
On 5 April, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels. This, in a sense, unprecedented event caused not only high expectations in the Armenian media and among the expert community, but also a certain...
This article, which was published on the website of the Baku Press Club, sets out the recent trends in military spending priorities in Armenia and Azerbaijan since 2020. At the end of a bloody three-year period it seemed as though the two adversaries would slow the tempo of militarisation and...
According to a number of experts, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan has become more complicated also because the balance between the two countries has been broken over these years. While Azerbaijan has made impressive economic progress, Armenia has seen better and faster development of civil society institutions. This double...
Border issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan have always maintained their relevance, existing long before the emergence of the two contemporary states. The border between the first independent republics in 1918-1920 remained fairly conventional up until their Sovietization. And even after this, border issues between the “brotherly” Soviet republics remained subjects...
In Yerevan there’s a barrel that’s known as the Peace Barrel. In 2010 the Caucasus regional freedom of information network held a meeting in Yerevan. After the meeting, which was organised by the George Washington University (USA) National Security Archive, the local partners took us on a tour of the...
