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Türkiye and the Levant

Monday Commentary: Erdogan is fading, but still formidable

18 June 2018

Turkey may be about to enter a period of political uncertainty. With many challenges on the horizon, no single man, not even an illustrious sultan, can have all the solutions says Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary

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Pashinyan heads to Karabakh as uncertainty continues

16 June 2018

The visit of the Armenian PM comes as reports suggest continued uncertainty in Nagorno-Karabakh, and in the situation on the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.

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Opinion: Is this the end for the post-cold war world order?

15 June 2018

The G7 and Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summits last week highlighted the decline of western dominated post-cold war order, and a growing role for regional powers in their respective zones of influence, says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed

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Russia

2018 FIFA World Cup opens in Moscow

15 June 2018

President Putin, speaking at the opening ceremony said the "unity, which no language, ideology or faith distinctions can overpower, is the source of the great strength of football and sport in general and of the strength of its humanistic ideals."

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South Caucasus

Georgian Prime Minister resigns

14 June 2018

Giorgi Kvirikashvili has resigned as prime minister of Georgia citing differences in economic policy with the leadership of his party

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Armenian leader holds first meeting with Minsk Group co-Chairmen

13 June 2018

Nikol Pashinyan met the diplomats from France, Russia and the United States to discuss ongoing efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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Connecting the Caspian Sea to Turkey and Europe (Updated)

12 June 2018

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev on Tuesday (12 June) inaugurated the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project at a ceremony in central Turkey.

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Armenian soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone

11 June 2018

Armenian media report that 26 year old Vahan Eloyan was killed as a result of Azerbaijani fire. Armenia this morning raised the issue at a meeting of the CSTO Foreign Ministers in Almaty

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Monday Commentary: The thin line between stability and stagnation

11 June 2018

"There is only a thin line between stability and stagnation, but governments in the Caucasus and elsewhere who promise stability and deliver stagnation do so at their own risk" says Dennis Sammut in this week's Monday Commentary.

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Monday Commentary: Erdogan is fading, but still formidable

Pashinyan heads to Karabakh as uncertainty continues

Opinion: Is this the end for the post-cold war world order?

2018 FIFA World Cup opens in Moscow

Georgian Prime Minister resigns

Armenian leader holds first meeting with Minsk Group co-Chairmen

Connecting the Caspian Sea to Turkey and Europe (Updated)

Armenian soldier killed in Karabakh conflict zone

Monday Commentary: The thin line between stability and stagnation