Mr Putin’s war against Ukraine inadvertently led to an end to the hitherto intractable conflict between Azerbaijan and ...

Azerbaijan’s public pushback against Russia—from arrests to propaganda raids—signals a dramatic shift in the balance of power ...

As Russia continues its war against Ukraine, its position in the South Caucasus has sharply deteriorated. What’s behind the ...

Putin’s Hidden Game in the South Caucasus Azerbaijan’s Rise, Georgia’s Drift, and Russia’s Quest for a Gateway to Iran and the Middle East ... The uncertainty adds another wild card to any larger ...

By threatening the foundations of North Caucasian identity, however, Putin may be risking a blowback that even he cannot control. CALMING THE CAUCASUS. Putin’s long tenure in power has been defined by ...

Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000 on a promise to bring peace to the Caucasus. Almost a decade later, the region is once again on fire as a spate of suicide bombings and attacks on police and ...

Vladimir Putin and the South Caucasus. October 4, 2011. ... Russia’s neighbors are asking what the heralded return of Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin means ... (now under Armenian control and in ...

Vladimir Putin recently suggested that "all of Ukraine" belonged to Russia, hinting that his goal is for Russia to control ...

Charles Michel and Emmanuel Macron must be feeling frustrated because Vladimir Putin is seeking to regain control of the South Caucasus region and show that he is not weakened by his difficulties ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday replaced a former businessman with a military general as his envoy to the North Caucasus region, signaling a more hawkish approach to battling an ...

FOR MOST people, geopolitics is an abstraction. For those living in the south Caucasus, which consists of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, it is a daily experience. The region between the Black ...