Dennis Sammut

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From Russia, with love!

2 September 2015

The unexpected visit of Foreign Minister Lavrov to Baku has fueled speculation about “new” Russian initiatives in the Caucasus. In this op-ed Dennis Sammut argues that Moscow continues to wield both stick and carrot in its relations with Baku.

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Opinion: Georgia's European quest: a question of stamina.

26 May 2015

Stamina is going to be required in both Brussels and Tbilisi in order to ensure that the ambitious course on which both sides have embarked is successful.

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Now that the dead have been honoured it is time to think of the living.

26 April 2015

Dennis Sammut reflects on the events of this weekend in Armenia and Turkey, and says that something has changed and both sides may find that it is now time to move on.

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Op-ed: Karabakh: Time for pause and reflection.

8 April 2015

In this op-ed for commonspace.eu Dennis Sammut says the next three months should be a time for reflection on the Karabakh conflict, but a pause in hostilities should also be accompanied by the reinvigoration of the peace efforts.

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Murder at the Kremlin Walls

1 March 2015

Dennis Sammut comments on the assassination of Boris Nemtsov - "a political earthquake that potentially can shake the Russian political establishment from its foundations".

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Op-ed: The two sides of the Karabakh coin. Dennis Sammut reflects on two events that highlighted the opposite ends of the NK conflict.

19 November 2014

In this op-ed Dennis Sammut reflects on two events that occurred last week that highlighted the opposite ends of the situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

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Russia

Op-ed: THIS WAR WITH NO NAME WILL BE DIFFERENT.

31 March 2014

In this op-ed for commonspace.eu Dennis Sammut argues that the first phase of the Ukraine crisis is now over. In the second phase the west must buy time for Ukraine. It must also re-invent its relations with Russia.

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Russia

Opinion: Can the Minsk Process survive the Ukraine Crisis?

11 March 2014

Far from altruistic reasons have kept Russia, France and the US working together in the Minsk Process format for two decades. Can this process survive the Ukraine crisis?

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A war without winners, that could have been avoided, and must not be repeated

8 August 2013

In this op-ed Dennis Sammut reflects on lessons to be learnt from how the conflict over South Ossetia spiralled into a short but bitter war between Georgia and Russia in 2008.

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From Russia, with love!

Opinion: Georgia's European quest: a question of stamina.

Now that the dead have been honoured it is time to think of the living.

Op-ed: Karabakh: Time for pause and reflection.

Murder at the Kremlin Walls

Op-ed: The two sides of the Karabakh coin. Dennis Sammut reflects on two events that highlighted the opposite ends of the NK conflict.

Op-ed: THIS WAR WITH NO NAME WILL BE DIFFERENT.

Opinion: Can the Minsk Process survive the Ukraine Crisis?

A war without winners, that could have been avoided, and must not be repeated