Giorgi Lomsadze
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 08:46
The arrest of 26 Azerbaijanis for allegedly joining armed Islamic groups in Syria and the wider region may help Azerbaijan place its strategic importance to the United States above criticism of its growing autocratic reputation.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 06:35
The tableau of Putin wedged between Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev emphasized Russia’s role as a war-deterrent and power-broker in the two Caucasus countries’ boiling conflict over the breakaway territory of Nagorno Karabakh.
Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 06:38
The renewed ruckus between Armenia and Azerbaijan has prompted calls for rehashing the international approach to finding a peaceful resolution to the 26-year-long Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. But, so far, it appears to be only Russian President Vladimir Putin who's planning to meet with the two countries' leaders.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014 - 07:08
Generally seen as a warmonger in the Ukraine conflict, Russia plans to play the role of peacemaker in another ex-Soviet conflict that could be spiralling out of control.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 13:05
Georgia plans to finalize a pact with the European Union on June 27 that would bring Tbilisi closer to Brussels. Even so, the campaign environment ahead of Georgia’s local elections suggests that the country has quite a bit of distance to cover before it reaches the standards of a European democracy.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 07:56
Moscow and Brussels have gone courting Azerbaijan, the last nonaligned place in the South Caucasus, where Russia and the European Union increasingly compete for influence.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:46
Perhaps to help Tbilisi stay clear-headed on this score, Moscow announced plans to move 80,000 new armored personnel carriers to separatist Abkhazia; like Crimea, another Black-Sea Russian hangout.
Thursday, May 1, 2014 - 13:46
“Sometimes it seems to me that Mr. Warlick seeks to resolve the #NagornoKarabakh conflict through his tweets,” tweeted Novruz Mammadov, deputy chief of staff to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 09:03
Azerbaijan's arrest of a respected human-rights activist is fuelling fears that the country is pulling out all the stops on crushing dissent before it takes over the Council of Europe's Commission of Ministers next month.