The Caucasus region has been plunged back into war. From yesterday morning fighting has been taking place between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces across the line of contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.
In the Karabakh peace process there has been a reluctance by track 1 participants to engage properly with track II initiatives. The EU supported EPNK process has shown that unconventional diplomacy has much to contribute, and its energy must now be put to good use.
17 May is marked as the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). The event helps highlight serious issues of discrimination against the gay community in the Caucasus, Eurasia and beyond
Toivo Klaar's appointment as the new EU Special Representative to the region comes at an important moment in the EU's relations with the countries of the South Caucasus, and is an expression of the EU's long-standing committment to the region and its people.
The Georgia-Russia War of August 2008 lasted only five days. By the end nothing much had changed on the ground. Yet the political fallout from the war has implications in the rest of the Caucasus and beyond.