South Caucasus on the Crossroads

The volume’s name speaks for itself. South Caucasus at a Crossroad: Thorny Realities and Great Expectations celebrates ten years of the Heinrich Boell Foundation’s active presence in the South Caucasus. Those were a turbulent ten years for the region. Wars, conflicts and sealed borders remained part of the reality in the South Caucasus.

In the context of cultural and political geography, the South Caucasus resembles a multi-image carpet that reflects the variety of nations living there and of the local nature. The collection of articles published by the Heinrich Boell Foundation - South Caucasus at a Crossroad: Thorny Realities and Great Expectations - is equally colorful.

The collection of works published by the Heinrich Boell Foundation under the name South Caucasus at a Crossroad: Right to Expanse and City brings together a broad spectrum of authors studying the post-Soviet experience of, and prospects for, the three South Caucasus countries.

Article by Charles Fairbanks "Weighing What We Do for Democracy in the South Caucasus” presented at the conference "South Caucasus on the Crossroads: 10 Years of Heinrich Boell Foundation in Region"

On 5-6 June, Heinrich Boell Foundation dedicated a two-day conference to celebrate the date together with its partners from all three South Caucasian countries, as well as the representatives of Academic sphere. 

Manana Kochladze (Georgian National Platform / EaP Civil Society Forum, Tbilisi) investigates how the West is perceived and represented in the Caucasus, suggesting a rethinking in Western policies.

Lincoln Mitchell (Columbia University) examines US engagement in the South Caucasus, touching on its failure to rethink democratic policies and enable profound change.

Introduction to the Caucasian Chalk Circle: Perceptions and Approaches of the Western Engagement Panel by Walter Kaufmann, Head of Division, Eastern and Southern Europe, Heinrich Boell Foundation.