A House Divided What does it feel like when you are living on the edge… to be perpetually on the edge of losing, say, a part of your house? Or waking up to find that your house is divided with your living in your own country, but your kitchen now resides within enemy-occupied territory?
The legacy of the August War after 10 years: human’s burden On occasion on 10-year anniversary of August war (2008) the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation presents web-dossier, which includes analytical article by Giorgi Kanashvili, interview with civil activist Tamar Mearakishvili and 2 multimedia projects.
Decade since the August War: the Pragmatic Ossetians, Disillusioned Abkhazs, "Unpredictable" Russians and Us, Georgians After ten years of the August 2008 war - Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been grown more alienated from Georgia, Georgia - from Russia, Abkhazia is even further than ever from its independence. Perhaps South Ossetia is the only territory that is nowadays closer to the aim of its national project, which is to become a part of the Russian Federation. By Giorgi Kanashvili
News from the South Caucasus (2018) (closed project) The cooperation project "News from the South Caucasus" aims to inform Georgian-speaking audience about recent developments in the South Caucasus region through publishing news, analytical articles, interviews and photo essays.
Dangerous Liaisons:Russia’s neighborhood policy in South Caucasus Russia has its strategic interests in South Caucasus and tries to have a dominant position in the region. Its neighborhood policy comprised both hard and soft power tools that aim to increase influence over the countries of South Caucasus.
Betwixt and between: the reality of Russian soft-power in Azerbaijan Web-dossier The power of Russia’s disinformation campaign via the media and Kremlin-financed and/or supported NGOs have been clearly seen in the West with the Ukraine crisis. However, for the post-Soviet republics, these tactics are familiar. հայերեն By Zaur Shiriyev
Armenian-Russian Relations: Diminishing Returns Web-dossier Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, independence for Armenia has faced a daunting trade-off of sovereignty for security. With the insecurity from a war with neighbouring Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh that erupted even before independence, Armenia has long relied on Russia as its “strategic partner” and security provider. հայերեն By Richard Giragosian
Russian Soft Power in Georgia: Exploits, Limitations and Future Threats Web-dossier Five years have passed after the regime change in Georgia, which, many thought, would have diverted the country from its Western course and made it vulnerable to Russia’s influence. These five years saw a surge of Russia’s “soft power” around the world, including in the South Caucasus; however, on the ground, the soft power still remains of limited nature and has failed to achieve major breakthroughs. հայերեն By Giorgi Kanashvili
Dossier: What is the Equilibrium Point for Karabakh Peace in the South Caucasus is highly valued. However, a long history of violent conflicts and deeply rooted territorial claims make this coveted peace hard to achieve. Conflict in Nagorny Karabakh does not promise a speedy resolution and does not appear to show any sign of transformation in political discussions taking place within the nations engaged in it.
(Nagorno-) Karabakh – The Danger of Getting Used to a Conflict From the outset, Germany’s chairmanship of the OSCE, in 2016, promised to be fraught with sizable challenges. One of these challenges came from the recent developments in the South Caucasus, which demonstrated with renewed force that national boundaries in the post-Soviet space, and thus the security situation, are still far from stable. By Nino Lejava