[{"command":"add_css","data":"\u003Clink rel=\u0022stylesheet\u0022 media=\u0022all\u0022 href=\u0022\/themes\/commonspace\/css\/content\/article-teaser.css?rm22dk\u0022 \/\u003E\n"},{"command":"invoke","selector":"html","method":"trigger","args":["drupalScrollTo","ul.media-tabs"]},{"command":"insert","method":"replaceWith","selector":"#teasers-wrapper-article-3","data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022teasers-wrapper-article-3\u0022 class=\u0022teasers-wrapper\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022row display-flex\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-history-node-id=\u002211707\u0022 role=\u0022article\u0022 about=\u0022\/commentary\/moscow-surprised-excitable-caucasians-have-become-rational\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Article\u0022 class=\u0022node node--type-article node--promoted node--view-mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 content=\u0022Moscow surprised \u0026quot;Excitable Caucasians\u0026quot; have become rational\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:interactionCount\u0022 content=\u0022UserComments:0\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top latest-news-label\u0022\u003EEditor\u0027s choice\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022need-to-login\u0022\u003EThis is a members\u2019 functionality. Please \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register\u0022\u003ESign up\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022#\u0022 class=\u0022share-icon icon-save show-popup\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-type\u0022\u003ECommentary\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/moscow-surprised-excitable-caucasians-have-become-rational\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg class=\u0022article-image-src\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.commonspace.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/normal_teaser\/public\/2022-10\/0127eoy7a1k7zm5s8eant2naildvyddh.png?itok=Xy6eNhjT\u0022 alt=\u0022Moscow surprised \u0026quot;Excitable Caucasians\u0026quot; have become rational\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-content\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top trending-label\u0022\u003ETrending\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cul class=\u0022categories\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/conflict-and-peace\u0022\u003EConflict and Peace\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/diplomacy\u0022\u003EDiplomacy\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/region\/south-caucasus\u0022\u003ESouth Caucasus\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003C\/ul\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/moscow-surprised-excitable-caucasians-have-become-rational\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 class=\u0022field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\u0022\u003EMoscow surprised \u0026quot;Excitable Caucasians\u0026quot; have become rational\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-date\u0022\u003E27 October 2022\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-summary\u0022\u003EFor many years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the emergence of the newly independent successor states, Russian diplomats counselled their western colleagues on the business of dealing with the people of the Caucasus, and their politics.\u00a0They often described the Caucasians as the \u0026quot;excitable people of the South\u0026quot;, who needed a special kind of handling, and only Russians knew how to do it. It was a Soviet version of \u0026quot;orientalism\u0026quot; that still lingers among the current Russian elite. Putin\u2019s handling of the 2nd Karabakh War - and the subsequent steps he took to establish the post-war order in the region - was very much in this vein. Russia rushed troops to Karabakh to keep the peace, and Russia was to be involved at every stage and in every corner of building a post-war order. There was no space left for others to contribute to this process, except for some general reference to a UN role in providing humanitarian aid. Well content that the excitable people of the South had been calmed down, President Putin turned his attention to other matters \u2013 namely what for him were the less excitable, but no less irritable people on the western frontier, the Ukrainians.\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-authors\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 class=\u0022field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\u0022\u003EMonday Commentary: Comrade Xi\u0026#039;s party\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv property=\u0022schema:text\u0022 class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003EAn event on the other side of the world that started on Sunday has huge global importance and will define international politics for decades to come. The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is perhaps not the most important ever in terms of its impact within China itself, but when it comes to China\u2019s role in the world it certainly is. This is not only because China is today stronger than it has ever been in modern times, but also because the congress gives the seal of approval to a Chinese global posture that is assertive, ambitious and with as yet an undefined end-game.\n\nThat end-game is being defined by Xi Jinping, who during this congress is expected to be confirmed in his post as\u00a0 Party leader for an unprecedented third term. President Xi has been making speeches both at the main session of the Congress and at side events. This morning he told a meeting of Communist activists on the fringe of the main event, that Chinese people should stay united as \u0022a piece of hard steel\u0022 under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and \u201cpull together with one mind to power the giant ship of national rejuvenation through the wind and waves to reach its destination.\u201d\n\nIn a more formal speech to the Congress plenum a day before Xi had given an indication of what that destination is: \u201cIncomparable glory\u2019 awaits China on world stage\u201d, Xi Jinping told the party congress. By 2049, when the People\u2019s Republic will hold centennial celebrations, China should become a leading power in all aspects, the leader stated\n\nSo no modesty or lack of ambition here. But what does this mean for the rest of the world?\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cspan rel=\u0022schema:author\u0022 class=\u0022field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\u0022\u0022 about=\u0022\/user\/13\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Person\u0022 property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 datatype=\u0022\u0022\u003Edennis2020\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:dateCreated\u0022 content=\u00222022-10-17T09:30:36+00:00\u0022 class=\u0022field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\u0022\u003EMon, 10\/17\/2022 - 11:30\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__links\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cul class=\u0022links inline\u0022\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022node-readmore\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022\/monday-commentary\/comrade-xis-party\u0022 rel=\u0022tag\u0022 title=\u0022Monday Commentary: Comrade Xi\u0026#039;s party\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003ERead more\u003Cspan class=\u0022visually-hidden\u0022\u003E about Monday Commentary: Comrade Xi\u0026#039;s party\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022comment-forbidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-history-node-id=\u002211616\u0022 role=\u0022article\u0022 about=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-putins-partial-mobilisation-exposes-how-weak-he-really\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Article\u0022 class=\u0022node node--type-article node--promoted node--view-mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 content=\u0022Commentary: Putin\u2019s partial mobilisation exposes how weak he really is\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:interactionCount\u0022 content=\u0022UserComments:0\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top latest-news-label\u0022\u003EEditor\u0027s choice\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022need-to-login\u0022\u003EThis is a members\u2019 functionality. Please \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register\u0022\u003ESign up\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022#\u0022 class=\u0022share-icon icon-save show-popup\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-type\u0022\u003ECommentary\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-putins-partial-mobilisation-exposes-how-weak-he-really\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg class=\u0022article-image-src\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.commonspace.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/normal_teaser\/public\/2022-09\/putin_up_1200x768.png?itok=A94lXJns\u0022 alt=\u0022Commentary: Putin\u2019s partial mobilisation exposes how weak he really is\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-content\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top trending-label\u0022\u003ETrending\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cul class=\u0022categories\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/conflict-and-peace\u0022\u003EConflict and Peace\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/region\/russia\u0022\u003ERussia\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/region\/ukraine-and-eastern-europe\u0022\u003EUkraine and Eastern Europe\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003C\/ul\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-putins-partial-mobilisation-exposes-how-weak-he-really\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 class=\u0022field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\u0022\u003ECommentary: Putin\u2019s partial mobilisation exposes how weak he really is\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-date\u0022\u003E21 September 2022\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-summary\u0022\u003ESpeaking in a pre-recorded speech that was originally scheduled for the evening before, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday morning (21 September) a partial mobilisation of 300,000 reservists to boost his faltering invasion of Ukraine. Far from being a demonstration of strength, however, his announcement exposes how weak a position Russia currently finds itself in, and on a number of levels too, writes commonspace.eu Deputy Editor Patrick Nor\u00e9n. The Russian President finds himself hamstrung across three fronts: his narrative of \u0026quot;everything is going according to plan\u0026quot; is imploding; the risks of doing nothing or declaring a full mobilisation have resulted in an unsatisfactory fudge that does not address the root cause of the problem; and Russia\u0026#039;s far-right, furious at the disastrous invasion of Ukraine, is baying for blood.\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-authors\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-wrapper from-cs\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-image\u0022\n style=\u0022background-image: url(\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/author\/public\/2022-09\/IMG_1897-2-2-removebg-preview.png?itok=San8QuOI);\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-name\u0022\u003EPatrick Nor\u00e9n\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-history-node-id=\u002211557\u0022 role=\u0022article\u0022 about=\u0022\/commentary\/lachin-corridor-quid-pro-quo-and-significance-nagorno-karabakh\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Article\u0022 class=\u0022node node--type-article node--promoted node--view-mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 content=\u0022Lachin: the corridor, the quid pro quo and the significance for Nagorno-Karabakh\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:interactionCount\u0022 content=\u0022UserComments:0\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top latest-news-label\u0022\u003EEditor\u0027s choice\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022need-to-login\u0022\u003EThis is a members\u2019 functionality. Please \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register\u0022\u003ESign up\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022#\u0022 class=\u0022share-icon icon-save show-popup\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-type\u0022\u003ECommentary\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/lachin-corridor-quid-pro-quo-and-significance-nagorno-karabakh\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg class=\u0022article-image-src\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.commonspace.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/normal_teaser\/public\/2022-08\/new%20lachin%20corridor.jpg?itok=VOdZVRc5\u0022 alt=\u0022Lachin: the corridor, the quid pro quo and the significance for Nagorno-Karabakh\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-content\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top trending-label\u0022\u003ETrending\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cul class=\u0022categories\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/conflict-and-peace\u0022\u003EConflict and Peace\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/diplomacy\u0022\u003EDiplomacy\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/region\/south-caucasus\u0022\u003ESouth Caucasus\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003C\/ul\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/lachin-corridor-quid-pro-quo-and-significance-nagorno-karabakh\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 class=\u0022field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\u0022\u003ELachin: the corridor, the quid pro quo and the significance for Nagorno-Karabakh\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-date\u0022\u003E19 August 2022\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-summary\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-authors\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-wrapper \u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-image\u0022\n style=\u0022background-image: url(\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/author\/public\/2021-05\/icon_commonspace%20FC%404x.png?itok=2fcfkHie);\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-name\u0022\u003Ecommonspace.eu editorial team\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-history-node-id=\u002211542\u0022 role=\u0022article\u0022 about=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-ukraine-crisis-helps-europe-re-discover-meaning-word-solidarity\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Article\u0022 class=\u0022node node--type-article node--promoted node--view-mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 content=\u0022Commentary: Ukraine crisis helps Europe re-discover the meaning of the word \u201csolidarity\u201d\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:interactionCount\u0022 content=\u0022UserComments:0\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top latest-news-label\u0022\u003EEditor\u0027s choice\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022need-to-login\u0022\u003EThis is a members\u2019 functionality. Please \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register\u0022\u003ESign up\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022#\u0022 class=\u0022share-icon icon-save show-popup\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-type\u0022\u003ECommentary\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-ukraine-crisis-helps-europe-re-discover-meaning-word-solidarity\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg class=\u0022article-image-src\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.commonspace.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/normal_teaser\/public\/2022-08\/solidarity%20with%20Ukraine%202.jpg?itok=XtkUIYSg\u0022 alt=\u0022Commentary: Ukraine crisis helps Europe re-discover the meaning of the word \u201csolidarity\u201d\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-content\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top trending-label\u0022\u003ETrending\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cul class=\u0022categories\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/conflict-and-peace\u0022\u003EConflict and Peace\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/region\/eu-plus\u0022\u003EEU plus\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/region\/ukraine-and-eastern-europe\u0022\u003EUkraine and Eastern Europe\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003C\/ul\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-ukraine-crisis-helps-europe-re-discover-meaning-word-solidarity\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 class=\u0022field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\u0022\u003ECommentary: Ukraine crisis helps Europe re-discover the meaning of the word \u201csolidarity\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-date\u0022\u003E11 August 2022\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-summary\u0022\u003ESince the start of the Russian invasion, the EU and its member states have given Ukraine billions of euros of budgetary assistance, have welcomed more than 3.7 million refugees, and have extended unprecedented levels of military assistance. Europe has re-discovered the meaning of the word solidarity, even if not all of the solidarity is altruistic but involves also a measure of self-preservation in the face of Putin\u0026#039;s Russia naked aggressiveness and expansionist ambitions.\u00a0Solidarity with Ukraine and Ukrainians is also ultimately in the interest of every European Union country and citizen. But this does not in any way lessen the significance of Europe\u2019s support for Ukraine. Can this solidarity be sustained for the months, and probably years ahead, as Ukraine struggles to defeat Russia, and hopefully afterwards, victorious, start the difficult process of reconstruction?\r\n\r\nThe decision to give Ukraine EU candidate status was in this regard significant, and indicates that the EU sees Ukraine as a long term commitment. For sure, as the winter cold starts biting and Putin plays politics with Russian gas supplies, there will be those who will question the value of Europe\u2019s solidarity with Ukraine. \u00a0It is important they remain marginalised. For this, European leaders, decision makers and opinion shapers, need to communicate constantly to European citizens the righteousness of the decision to help Ukraine to stand up to Russia, and to help the Ukrainian people in their hour of need.\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-authors\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-wrapper \u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-image\u0022\n style=\u0022background-image: url(\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/author\/public\/2021-05\/icon_commonspace%20FC%404x.png?itok=2fcfkHie);\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-name\u0022\u003Ecommonspace.eu editorial team\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-history-node-id=\u002211533\u0022 role=\u0022article\u0022 about=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-war-or-peace-south-caucasus\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Article\u0022 class=\u0022node node--type-article node--promoted node--view-mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 content=\u0022Commentary: War or Peace in the South Caucasus?\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:interactionCount\u0022 content=\u0022UserComments:0\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top latest-news-label\u0022\u003EEditor\u0027s choice\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022need-to-login\u0022\u003EThis is a members\u2019 functionality. 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All the ingredients for war exist too. What is in front of us is a choice.\u201d\u00a0Never have these words sounded so pertinent as in these last days when in Armenia and in Azerbaijan the sounds of war and the sounds of peace competed with each other, with little sign of compromise. Yet neither war, nor peace, is inevitable. It is a choice, and one that both sides can neither make lightly nor take for granted. This week has once more shown that Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Armenians and Azerbaijanis, face a choice between war and peace. The death and injury of yet more Armenians and Azerbaijanis should focus minds, and increase mutual determination to work for lasting peace and to avoid any steps that can bring another war nearer.\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-authors\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-wrapper \u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-image\u0022\n style=\u0022background-image: url(\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/author\/public\/2021-05\/icon_commonspace%20FC%404x.png?itok=2fcfkHie);\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-name\u0022\u003Ecommonspace.eu editorial team\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-history-node-id=\u002211488\u0022 role=\u0022article\u0022 about=\u0022\/node\/11488\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Article\u0022 class=\u0022node node--type-article node--promoted node--view-mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 content=\u0022Opinion: The quest for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan can follow many paths, all of which need to be explored and exploited\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:interactionCount\u0022 content=\u0022UserComments:0\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top latest-news-label\u0022\u003EEditor\u0027s choice\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022need-to-login\u0022\u003EThis is a members\u2019 functionality. Please \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register\u0022\u003ESign up\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022#\u0022 class=\u0022share-icon icon-save show-popup\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-type\u0022\u003ECommentary\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/node\/11488\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg class=\u0022article-image-src\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.commonspace.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/normal_teaser\/public\/2022-04\/aliyev%20pashinyan%20michel%20on%20060422.jpg?itok=IDuHGnNM\u0022 alt=\u0022Opinion: The quest for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan can follow many paths, all of which need to be explored and exploited\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-content\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top trending-label\u0022\u003ETrending\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cul class=\u0022categories\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/conflict-and-peace\u0022\u003EConflict and Peace\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/diplomacy\u0022\u003EDiplomacy\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/region\/south-caucasus\u0022\u003ESouth Caucasus\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003C\/ul\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/node\/11488\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 class=\u0022field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\u0022\u003EOpinion: The quest for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan can follow many paths, all of which need to be explored and exploited\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-date\u0022\u003E7 July 2022\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-summary\u0022\u003EPreparations are under way for a fourth meeting between Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, facilitated by the president of the European Council Charles Michel. Even a year ago such a process would have been unthinkable. There is no more than one format in which Armenia and Azerbaijan pursue their quest for peace. But options are also available in the way the two leaders can work to achieve the ultimate goal, a peace agreement that will hail a new era of lasting peace in the region. In this commentary,\u00a0Dennis Sammut\u00a0says there are many roads open on the way to lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and all need to be explored and exploited. Developing trade relations, intensive people to people contacts, establishing diplomatic relations in stages, facilitated travel between the two countries including direct air travel \u2013 \u00a0are all important steps that can and should be taken in the process of normalising relations. Most of them can be agreed and start giving results in months not years. The process can be supported by an intensive programme of confidence building measures that will help build trust at various layers of society.\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-authors\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-wrapper from-cs\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-image\u0022\n style=\u0022background-image: url(\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/author\/public\/2021-03\/rs_w-800_cg-true-removebg-preview__1_-2-removebg-preview.png?itok=WWf4iYJr);\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-name\u0022\u003EDennis Sammut\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-history-node-id=\u002211485\u0022 role=\u0022article\u0022 about=\u0022\/commentary\/opinion-watershed-moment-armenian-azerbaijani-relations\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Article\u0022 class=\u0022node node--type-article node--promoted node--view-mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 content=\u0022Opinion: A watershed moment in Armenian-Azerbaijani relations\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:interactionCount\u0022 content=\u0022UserComments:0\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top latest-news-label\u0022\u003EEditor\u0027s choice\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022need-to-login\u0022\u003EThis is a members\u2019 functionality. 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It gave Georgia \u0026quot;a membership perspective\u0026quot;, with candidate status in the future if they can get their act together quickly. The Ukrainians were delighted. President Zelensky described it as a\u00a0victory and promised not to rest until Russia\u2019s defeat and full membership had been secured. In Moldova, the pro European government was ecstatic. Things had moved much faster than they had anticipated.\r\n\r\nIn Georgia the situation is different, and the country is somewhat grumpy. Georgians do not\u00a0 like to be last, and in a sense in this process at which they were until last year at the centre, they find themselves lagging behind the other two trio countries.\r\n\r\nThe government has tried to put on a brave face saying that being given a membership perspective was a victory for Georgia too. The opposition accuses the government of squandering a historic opportunity which will have long lasting impact. In many ways both are right. An EU membership perspective is important for Georgia, even if it is largely an abstract term. It consolidates the relationship. But it would have been much better for Georgia if they had been given candidate status with the others. The ball is now in the court of the Georgian politicians, and the world will be watching.\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-authors\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-wrapper \u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-image\u0022\n style=\u0022background-image: url(\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/author\/public\/2021-05\/icon_commonspace%20FC%404x.png?itok=2fcfkHie);\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-name\u0022\u003Ecommonspace.eu editorial team\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-history-node-id=\u002211452\u0022 role=\u0022article\u0022 about=\u0022\/commentary\/us-saudi-relations-remain-bedrock-gulf-security\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Article\u0022 class=\u0022node node--type-article node--promoted node--view-mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 content=\u0022US-Saudi Relations remain the bedrock for Gulf Security\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:interactionCount\u0022 content=\u0022UserComments:0\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top latest-news-label\u0022\u003EEditor\u0027s choice\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022need-to-login\u0022\u003EThis is a members\u2019 functionality. 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The US president will meet with the king and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman \u201cto discuss areas of bilateral cooperation as well as joint efforts to address regional and global challenges.\u201d\r\n\r\nA statement from the White House said that Biden will also attend a Summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council plus Egypt, Iraq and Jordan while in the Kingdom. \u201cThe President appreciates King Salman\u2019s leadership and his invitation. He looks forward to this important visit to Saudi Arabia, which has been a strategic partner of the United States for nearly eight decades,\u201d the statement read.\r\n\r\nIn this commentary the state of relations between the United States and Saudi Arabia is discussed in the light of tensions between the two sides over the last years. \u00a0\u201cNow, it appears that the two sides are ready to make up. Biden will travel to Riyadh next month, and US officials have been in and out of the Saudi capital in recent weeks, softening the ground and preparing for the visit. Biden is right in working towards a reset. US-Saudi relations remain the bedrock for Gulf security.\u201d It adds that \u201cwhen Joe Biden visits Riyadh next month he has his work cut out for him. It will be a hugely important visit to a country where personalities still count. Both sides appear ready to put the difficult last few years in their relationship behind them. This is good for both, as well as for the rest of the world.\u201d\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-authors\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-wrapper \u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-image\u0022\n style=\u0022background-image: url(\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/author\/public\/2021-05\/icon_commonspace%20FC%404x.png?itok=2fcfkHie);\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022author-name\u0022\u003Ecommonspace.eu editorial team\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022col-teaser col-md-4\u0022\u003E\n\u003Carticle data-history-node-id=\u002211450\u0022 role=\u0022article\u0022 about=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-tangled-tale-armenian-azerbaijani-relations\u0022 typeof=\u0022schema:Article\u0022 class=\u0022node node--type-article node--promoted node--view-mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 content=\u0022Commentary: The tangled tale of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:interactionCount\u0022 content=\u0022UserComments:0\u0022 class=\u0022rdf-meta hidden\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top latest-news-label\u0022\u003EEditor\u0027s choice\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022need-to-login\u0022\u003EThis is a members\u2019 functionality. Please \u003Ca href=\u0022\/user\/register\u0022\u003ESign up\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022#\u0022 class=\u0022share-icon icon-save show-popup\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-type\u0022\u003ECommentary\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-tangled-tale-armenian-azerbaijani-relations\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-image\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg class=\u0022article-image-src\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/www.commonspace.eu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/normal_teaser\/public\/2021-01\/armenia%20azerbaijan.jpg?itok=kspAEgc7\u0022 alt=\u0022Commentary: The tangled tale of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations\u0022\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-content\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022colored-label label-blue label-top trending-label\u0022\u003ETrending\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cul class=\u0022categories\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/conflict-and-peace\u0022\u003EConflict and Peace\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/theme\/diplomacy\u0022\u003EDiplomacy\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca\n href=\u0022\/region\/south-caucasus\u0022\u003ESouth Caucasus\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003C\/ul\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/commentary\/commentary-tangled-tale-armenian-azerbaijani-relations\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cspan property=\u0022schema:name\u0022 class=\u0022field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\u0022\u003ECommentary: The tangled tale of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-date\u0022\u003E10 June 2022\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022article-summary\u0022\u003EAfter the violence of the early 1990s the conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis settled down for nearly three decades of uneasy truce, tempered with low-intensity violence, and the occasional outburst of more serious fighting, and accompanied by a flawed peace process that failed to bring peace, and in the end could not prevent war. The 44-day Karabakh War in autumn 2020 changed the reality on the ground and yesterday\u2019s winners became losers and vice versa. The Russians appeared to emerge from the 44-day war the sole arbiters to oversee the new situation, but since no one really wanted this \u2013 except the Russians themselves \u2013 an alternative has unexpectedly emerged, with the EU playing an increasingly important role as mediator and facilitator, working with the sides towards a comprehensive peace.\r\n\r\nWhilst the war decided some issues, many details remain unresolved, and as Armenia and Azerbaijan tiptoe into a peace process these issues are coming to the fore.\r\n\r\nOver the course of the last few days, commonspace.eu ran three op-eds dealing with some of these issues written by Benyamin Poghosyan who addressed the issue of peacekeeping, Kamal Makili-Aliyev who wrote about autonomy status as a way of resolving outstanding issues, and Vasif Husseynov who dealt with the geo-strategic context of the peace process. They touched very important issues at the heart of the current debates.\u00a0Armenian-Azerbaijani relations are a tangled tale, burdened with the baggage of history, traumatised by the blood of thousands who died in the conflict over decades, and poisoned by toxic propaganda that keeps coming out from both sides despite the diplomatic moves towards peace. Unpacking all this will take time. Building enough trust and confidence to move forward will take longer. 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