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Monday Commentary: Tourism is good for the South Caucasus

2 July 2018

Millions of visitors are expected in the region this year, giving Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia a truly cosmopolitan air. Tourism is good for the region in many ways, but there is a cost too, and governments should not be complacent, writes Dennis Sammut in this commentary.

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Russia

Monday Commentary: Russia's struggle between stagnation and innovation

21 May 2018

"I expected that a shrewd operator like Putin would have understood that he needed to ride the wave of change, not try to stop. The fact that he did not may indicate other concerns, not least internal power struggles", writes Dennis Sammut.

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Monday Commentary: Social values should not become Georgia’s new fault-lines

15 May 2018

Georgians must not allow debates between liberals and conservatives on social issues, important and vital as they are, to become new fault-lines within their society, argues Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary

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South Caucasus

Monday Commentary: Armenia's long journey

7 May 2018

Recent popular protests in Armenia may not necessarily amount to a revolution, and this may be for the best. In any case Nikol Pashinyan is more a Vaclav Havel than a Leon Trotsky, and he has already indicated what are his priorities for change in the country, argues Dennis Sammut

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Monday Commentary: The South Caucasus is hosting the world

2 April 2018

World leaders will converge on Baku and Yerevan over the next months for the summits of La Francophonie and the Non Aligned Movement. A wonderful development, writes Dennis Sammut, but it would be even better if South Caucasus leaders can also meet together to address the challenges of the region

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Monday Commentary: Time to give regional co-operation in the South Caucasus another try

12 February 2018

Regional co-operation in the South Caucasus makes sense and will benefit all the people of the region. It is also essential for lasting peace and prosperity, and the EU is uniquely placed to push the process forward, says Dennis Sammut in this commentary.

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Turkey and the Levant

Opinion: Meet Global Turkey - the new kid on the block

21 October 2017

In this op-ed Dennis Sammut discusses two competing narratives emerging in Brussels and Ankara. Often blurred and episodical, they need to be challenged where necessary

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Opinion: "In the Caucasus, the right lesson from Catalunya is that dialogue is inevitable"

2 October 2017

"It is very unfortunate that in the Caucasus, rather than learning from the mistakes of politicians on the other side of Europe, many have singled out events and decisions on the Iberian peninsula to justify similar mistakes in their own context", writes Dennis Sammut in this op-ed

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Opinion: The story of the two Mehmans

27 August 2017

The arrest in Baku of the "Doyen" of South Caucasus journalists has fueled speculation about what is going on in Azerbaijan. In this op-ed for commonspace.eu Dennis Sammut discusses the recent arrest of veteran Azerbaijani journalist Mehman Alieyev.

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Monday Commentary: Tourism is good for the South Caucasus

Monday Commentary: Russia's struggle between stagnation and innovation

Monday Commentary: Social values should not become Georgia’s new fault-lines

Monday Commentary: Armenia's long journey

Monday Commentary: The South Caucasus is hosting the world

Monday Commentary: Time to give regional co-operation in the South Caucasus another try

Opinion: Meet Global Turkey - the new kid on the block

Opinion: "In the Caucasus, the right lesson from Catalunya is that dialogue is inevitable"

Opinion: The story of the two Mehmans