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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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From Baku to Yerevan: A New Chapter for Multitrack Diplomacy
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From Baku to Yerevan: A New Chapter for Multitrack Diplomacy

6 November 2025
Towards the end of October, a lone Azerbaijani Airlines Gulfstream G650 landed in Yerevan, Armenia. It wasn’t the first to do so in over three decades of conflict but it could well change the future of multitrack diplomacy. Although mutual visits by Azerbaijanis to Armenia and Armenians to Azerbaijan are also not new, before October's flight they always occurred under the auspices of an international organisation or intergovernmental body including countries outside the region. Last month’s visit not only flew direct between the capitals but was bilaterally agreed.
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Opinion: “All against all” or “all against Nikol”?
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Opinion: “All against all” or “all against Nikol”?

10 May 2021
Alliances are being formed between Armenian political parties ahead of the 20 June parliamentary elections. Whilst they all claim to want to oust the current prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, they are all also busy competing against each other. Despite this, the next Armenian government is likely to be a coalition government, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed for commonspace.eu
Benyamin Poghosyan
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Commentary: Biden's G-moment should not be interpreted as a shift in US policy towards the South Caucasus
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Commentary: Biden's G-moment should not be interpreted as a shift in US policy towards the South Caucasus

26 April 2021
Biden's use of the word "genocide" was a significant moral victory for the Armenian people however the geostrategic implications of this for the South Caucasus should not be exaggerated, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this commentary.
Benyamin Poghosyan
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Michel in Tbilisi after Georgian government and majority of opposition parties sign EU-brokered deal to end political crisis
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Michel in Tbilisi after Georgian government and majority of opposition parties sign EU-brokered deal to end political crisis

20 April 2021
Georgia’s government and the majority of its opposition parties have signed an EU-brokered agreement to end the political crisis that has been ongoing since the country’s October-November parliamentary elections last year. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, was in Tbilisi to meet with the leaders and parties that signed his proposal.
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Opinion: The recent Iran-China agreement has implications for the wider region
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Opinion: The recent Iran-China agreement has implications for the wider region

19 April 2021
The recent signing of a strategic partnership with Iran shows that China is now a significant player in the geopolitics of the wider Middle East. This has implications for the South Caucasus and particularly Armenia, writes Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed
Benyamin Poghosyan
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Azerbaijan protests against meeting of European envoy with a representative of Karabakh Armenians
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Azerbaijan protests against meeting of European envoy with a representative of Karabakh Armenians

17 April 2021
Commonspace.eu political editor said in a comment that "It is not clear what is the reason for the latest Azerbaijani diplomatic demarche, but with the Russians now exercising de facto control over Nagorno-Karabakh with unfettered interaction with the whole of society, the latest Azerbaijani move appears to serve no purpose other than to consolidate and monopolise the Russian control over the territory."
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