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Monday Commentary: The South Caucasus is hosting the world
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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
Dennis Sammut
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Monday Commentary: Time to give regional co-operation in the South Caucasus another try
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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.
Dennis Sammut
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Opinion: "In the Caucasus, the right lesson from Catalunya is that dialogue is inevitable"
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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
Dennis Sammut
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Opinion: The story of the two Mehmans
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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.
Dennis Sammut
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Opinion: The visit of US Vice President Pence to Georgia is a game-changer
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Opinion: The visit of US Vice President Pence to Georgia is a game-changer

3 August 2017
"Pence's visit to Georgia coincided (or more likely was timed to coincide) with the largest military exercises NATO has ever held in Georgia. This, some may claim, was just theatrics. In part this is true, but it is the sort of theatrics that the present Russian leadership understands", writes Dennis Sammut in this op-ed
Dennis Sammut
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South Caucasus countries emerge resilient from a turbulent 2016, but there are bigger tests ahead.
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South Caucasus countries emerge resilient from a turbulent 2016, but there are bigger tests ahead.

20 December 2016
A short war, an exemplary election, and a plethora of regional initiatives, are some of the features that characterise the South Caucasus in 2016. In the first of three articles assessing recent events and likely future scenarios, Regional analyst Dr Dennis Sammut looks back at how the region fared over the last year.
Dennis Sammut