Covid 19

Aliyev’s popularity reached its peak during the war; the oppositional leaders stopped their criticism, while Aliyev’s actions were perceived as a just and victorious war. The active support of Turkey during the conflict inevitably led to the re-articulation and dynamic perception of Turkey as the “big brother”.

This paper seeks to analyze the economic and social responses to COVID-19, question the accuracy and inclusivity of these responses, as well as reflect how oil price fluctuations and the pandemic could impact Azerbaijan’s socioeconomic policy projection.

This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest focuses on the structural challenges that the coronavirus pandemic has made visible in all three South Caucasus states. 

The pandemic has become a litmus test to diagnose the ailments of contemporary states and political regimes. The state of emergency, which the pandemic brought about, also serves as a revelation demonstrating the political and social realities of the whole world without embellishment, which was impossible under normal circumstances.

In the case of Armenia, as much elsewhere in the world, refugees are amongst the vulnerable populations affected by the pandemic and the economic and social hardships accompanying it.

Für die orthodoxe Kirche ist das Osterfest ein herausragendes Ereignis des Kirchenjahres. Am vergangenen Wochenende wurde es gefeiert. Doch in SARS-CoV-2-Zeiten führt Ostern auch zu schweren Konflikten zwischen der geistlichen und weltlichen Macht. Aus Tiflis, Kiew und Moskau berichten die Büroleiter Dr. Stefan Meister, Sergej Sumlenny und Johannes Voswinkel.

Im Südkaukasus wurde früh mit Restriktionen auf die Covid-19-Ausbreitung reagiert. Wie gehen Armenien, Georgien und die Diktatur Aserbaidschan durch die Corona-Pandemie?

All three countries of the South Caucasus have weak social systems. Many people work in precarious jobs in the service sector, tourism and agriculture.