February 21, 2009
By Anahit Shirinyan* On February 4, 2009, the presidents of the seven member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, signed an agreement in Moscow during a session of the Collective Security Council to set up a rapid response force. In the past the CSTO had [...]
February 5, 2007
If Turkey gives up its opposition to potential US recognition of the atrocities between Turks and Armenians that took place during World War One as ˆšÃ©Â¬Â± “genocide,” will its diplomatic hand ultimately be strengthened? The following article argues that this just might be the case. By Mehmet Kalyoncu What should have happened ninety-two years ago [...]
January 22, 2007
By Mehmet Kalyoncu The assassination of Hrant Dink, one of the most prominent Turkish Armenians and the editor-in-chief of bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos outside his newspaper’s office was a deplorable act by any definition. Yet it was not an unexpected one, given the selection of the target and its expected/actual impact on Turkish society [...]
January 3, 2007
By Lara Scarpitta* It is old news that geography matters in foreign policy. A dormant EC/EU had to learn this vital lesson in 1989, when communism crumbled behind its safe walls. Faced with the sudden prospect of bordering poor, unpredictable and unstable neighbours, it responded by anchoring the former soviet satellites of Central Europe with [...]
August 7, 2006
Every day this week, Balkanalysis.com will publish a new article on the fascinating and complex region of the Caucasus. Topics will range from security to politics and economics, and cover the major countries of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, as well as cross-border issues in the North Caucasus and first-hand testimony of the situation on the [...]
February 16, 2006
The steadily warming relationship between Armenia and Iran is a revealing, but not surprising, result of the perceived isolation both have felt, in different ways and for different reasons, from the West. Yet what the affiliation will mean for a peaceful solution to the region’s frozen conflicts following any American strike on the latter is [...]
January 4, 2006
As 2006 dawns, let’s take a moment to look back on the year 2005 and note some salient details about this website’s performance. First of all, 2005 saw 129 new articles published on Balkanalysis.com- in addition to several hundred others added to our back archive on the Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL), which [...]
December 23, 2005
Balkanalysis.com would like to take this opportunity to announce a short winter break, from the period of Dec. 23-Jan. 3. While new articles will not be posted during this period, readers will be able to take the opportunity to peruse the archives at their leisure. We would also like to announce that final uploads of [...]
October 28, 2005
Exactly one year ago, this exclusive report from the top of the Caucasus Mountains was published on Antiwar.com . The beautiful pictures and testimony from ordinary civilians trapped by political interests makes for compelling and provocative reading. When it comes to coverage of the ongoing feud between Georgia and Russia, the Western mass media have [...]
September 26, 2001
By Christopher Deliso Rising from the subtropical shores of the Black Sea to the majestic Caucasus mountains, Georgia is a rich and varied nation only now removing itself from the shadow of the Soviet Union. Indeed, for most of its long history Georgia has been the subject of attack and occupation by foreign countries — [...]
