Trending
In Baku and Yerevan, members of the Action Committee for a new Armenian-Azerbaijani dialogue outline vision until 2040
26 November 2025
Latest
Latest
- Monday Commentary: Europe still needs the OSCE
- Pope's visit to Türkiye and Lebanon has a strong ecumenical character, and places interreligious dialogue at its centre
- In Baku and Yerevan, members of the Action Committee for a new Armenian-Azerbaijani dialogue outline vision until 2040
- Mehman Aliyev on what "peace" can look like for Ukraine
- LFSC25: Yerevan meeting focuses on issues of landmines and remnants of war in Armenia and the South Caucasus
- Monday Commentary: Europe needs to continue supporting Ukraine fully in the crucial coming year
Theme
Conflict and Peace
Stories related to violent conflicts, diplomatic tensions, and conflict prevention, mediation and resolution.
Trending
Mehman Aliyev on what "peace" can look like for Ukraine
26 November 2025
In this analysis, veteran Azerbaijani journalist and political commentator, Mehman Aliyev, draws lessons from the 1994 Armenia-Azerbaijan ceasefire, to assess what can be possible impact of ceasefire in Ukraine.
According to diplomats, a negotiating format or a partial ceasefire based on a modified version of the twenty-eight points is entirely plausible in 2026. A frozen line of contact, monitored by international mechanisms while talks drag on, is more likely than a fully implemented peace treaty by early that same year.
“This document opens a window,” said political commentator Farid Gakhramanov. “Whether it means the end of the war or the beginning of a new frozen conflict will depend on the decisions of Moscow, Kyiv, Washington, and Brussels — not on the document itself.”
(You can read the full analysis by clicking the image)
Filter archive
Trending
"Drive this evil out"
6 March 2022
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has made an impassioned plea to his countrymen to drive the invading Russian army out of their land.
Speaking in televised broadcast on Saturday night he told Ukrainians they have "withstood the blow" of Russia's invasion as he urged citizens to continue fighting. Mr Zelensky told the country that the time has come for them to launch a fightback. "You need to go out and drive this evil out of our cities," he said.
Trending
Editorial: Give Ukraine and the other trio countries an EU membership perspective now
2 March 2022
A European Parliament resolution yesterday urged EU countries to work towards granting Ukraine EU candidate status. A membership perspective in the form of candidate status is not membership. It is a political signal that the door of membership is open, and an opportunity to focus minds on all the sides to start the long and laborious process of EU membership.
Whilst the resolution of the European Parliament speaks only about Ukraine, the three trio countries should be given the membership perspective and candidate status simultaneously. All three are very determined in pursuing this path; all three have strong Association Agreements with the EU; and all three are under considerable Russian pressure. A membership perspective will strengthen the hand of those working for reforms in these countries. It will also send another message to Putin's Russia that its nefarious policy towards the neighbours has failed. Now is the right time to do that.
Give Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia a membership perspective now! Give them candidate status and work with them to make this an achievable task within this decade.
