Conflict and Peace

The exact circumstances as to how and why the woman crossed the heavily militarized line of contact are unclear

26 May is Georgia independence day. In this op-ed Dennis Sammut argues that after twenty five years of statehood it is now time to modernise Georgian politics

The meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan can help strengthen the cease-fire and open the way for the resumption of negotiations

World powers have reached a deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for the lifting of international economic sanctions.

The US co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Process spoke to the Azerbaijani news Agency APA about the state of the peace process.

In this op-ed Dennis Sammut reflects on two events that occurred last week that highlighted the opposite ends of the situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Author and journalist Tom du Waal was recently in the South Caucasus for the launch of the Russian version of his book The Black Garden. Azerbaijani journalist Seymour Kazimov caught up with him in Tbilisi and asked him on his views on the Karabakh conflict and its resolution.

A party calling for unification with Russia has won elections in the self-declared republic of South Ossetia. Yet the Kremlin is wary of further provoking the international community and South Ossetia is likely to remain in a state of limbo for a long time.

As Kerry and Lavrov prepare to meet in London in a last minute effort to resolve the crisis over Ukraine, Russia continues with large scale military exercisis on Ukraine's borders.