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Azerbaijan to spend $59 billion to rehabilitate territories, but development also requires peace
17 February 2021
Azerbaijan plans to spend up to $59 billion over the next ten years to rehabilitate the territories it has recently taken back after being for decades under Armenian control. It is a huge sum even for an oil rich country, but for President Ilham Aliyev developing the new territories now has become the primary mission of his presidency.
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South Ossetian leader summoned to Moscow amid simmering political crisis in the territory (Updated)
16 February 2021
The leader of the self-declared Republic of South Ossetia has gone to Moscow amid a simmering political crisis in the territory, which seceded from Georgia. South Ossetia is currently gripped in a political crisis following the death in police detention of a young Ossetian, which sparked public protests and a boycott of parliament by some MPs.
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Trouble in Lilliput: South Ossetian politics in crisis
13 February 2021
Politics in South Ossetia often takes a Lilliputian character. The tiny territory that seceded from Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and has existed as a Russian protectorate since, is small in size, with a population of around 50,000. Yet its internal politics are often dramatic, with long standing clan feuds playing out in modern political terms. One such crisis appears to be looming in a stand-off between president and opposition MPs
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Opinion: In 2021 Armenia can only wait and watch whilst others decide the fate of Karabakh
8 February 2021
Currently Yerevan has almost no leverages to influence future developments around Nagorno Karabakh, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed. In 2021, Armenia has no choice but to wait and watch the ups and downs in Russia – Turkey – Azerbaijan relations.
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Viola von Cramon MEP highlights three priorities for the Eastern Partnership Initiative
4 February 2021
Amongst other things, the German MEP says the EU needs to focus more on resolving conflicts in its eastern neighbourhood.
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GEU Podcast: How should the EU manage relations with its eastern neighbours? – with Viola von Cramon MEP
4 February 2021
It’s now nearly 12-years since the establishment of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) – a joint initiative bringing together the EU, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. In this episode, Will Murray speaks to Viola von Cramon-Taubadel MEP about the EU’s neighbourhood policy to the east and how it should move forwards.
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Turkish-Russian Joint Monitoring Centre for Karabakh has started operations
30 January 2021
The establishment of this Turkish-Russian Centre takes the delicate geo-politics of the Caucasus region to uncharted waters. This is the first ever visible co-operation between the Turkish and Russian military in the Caucasus - the two countries have historically considered each other as rivals in the region.