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Armenia’s velvet revolution poses long-term risks
On the surface, the overthrow of Armenia’s longtime ruler Serzh Sargsyan poses no threat to Russia’s geopolitical position in the South Caucasus. Opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan, elevated to the premiership by popular revolt, keeps stressing his exclusively domestic agenda and desire for close ties with Russia. But the long run, reforms that tackle corruption among the local political and business elites work against Moscow’s interests.
EU in quandary over Eastern Europe trade deal
President Vladimir Putin’s self-created image of statesman fielding the Syria crisis and hosting major summits is seen by many in the West as part of stealthy manoeuvring on his part to place Russia back into a position of Cold War-era power. And with that power has come increasingly vocal threats ...
Threat of war looms again over the South Caucasus
The prospect of a renewed full-scale conflict between Armenia and Azjerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh not only feeds into the increasing bellicose war of words between Iran and Israel, it could also have serious consequences for Europe and its supply of energy. International efforts to broker a lasting ...
War against Iran could set the Caucasus ablaze
Azerbaijan – on Iran’s northern border – is developing increasingly close relationships with Israel, the US and other western countries – a move which is unsettling Tehran. And should any war break out against the Islamic Republic, it is likely to involve Azerbaijan which could set the whole of the ...
Armenia's parliament prepares for shake-up in elections
The ruling party of Armenia is likely to lose its overall majority in the May 6 parliamentary elections as the opposition grows in strength and calls for the country - already negotiating with the EU to become an associate member - to move towards greater democracy. This report is the ...
