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The South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - is one of strategic importance, not only for adjacent countries, such as Turkiye, Russia, Iran and the Central Asian states, but also for neighbours such as the European Union and the GCC states, and globally for the United States, India, China, Pakistan and Japan.

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Opinion: Would Russia have found the participation of Armenia in another NATO exercise in Georgia too annoying?
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Opinion: Would Russia have found the participation of Armenia in another NATO exercise in Georgia too annoying?

5 September 2017
On Sunday, Armenia did not turn up for a NATO military exercise in Georgia as was expected. In this op-ed Dr Benyamin Poghosyan says that "given the lack of a clear official explanation to the decision to pull back from Agile Spirit 2017 military exercise, the most probable reason may be another attempt not to jeopardize the strategic alliance with Russia".
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Mines and unexploded ordinance are a major long-term problem in the Karabakh conflict zone
Mines and unexploded ordinance are a major long-term problem in the Karabakh conflict zone
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Mines and unexploded ordinance are a major long-term problem in the Karabakh conflict zone

2 September 2017
With the help of the international community the sides in the Karabakh conflict should work out modalities on how they can deal with the humanitarian aspects of the problem of unexploded mines and ordinance, says the political editor of commonspace.eu in this commentary
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