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  • Russia
    Russia Tests New Missile and Seeks to Rejoin UN Human Rights Council, ICJ Takes On Syria, and More
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    Recent satellite imagery indicates that Russia is preparing to test a new nuclear-powered missile; the UN Human Rights Council votes on new members, with Russia vying to rejoin after its April 2022 suspension; the International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins hearings on torture in Syria; and one hundred thousand ethnic Armenians flee as Azerbaijan asserts control over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
    Podcast with Robert McMahon and Carla Anne Robbins October 5, 2023 The World Next Week
  • Armenia
    Ethnic Cleansing Is Happening in Nagorno-Karabakh. How Can the World Respond?
    Azerbaijan’s push into the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh is drawing comparisons to other episodes of ethnic cleansing. What can be done under international law?
    Article by David J. Scheffer October 4, 2023 Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy
  • Territorial Disputes
    Azerbaijan’s Pressure on Nagorno-Karabakh: What to Know
    Azerbaijan appears to have eased a blockade that had cut off food and medical supplies to the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, but there are still heightened concerns about conditions facing more than one hundred thousand civilians there.
    In Brief by Abigail McGowan September 14, 2023
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    UNGA77, NATO Military Chiefs Convene, U.S. Inflation, and More
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    World leaders gather for the seventy-seventh session of the UN General Assembly; NATO’s senior military authority meets in Estonia to discuss the war in Ukraine; and the U.S. Federal Reserve plans another interest rate hike to combat inflation. 
    Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon September 15, 2022 The World Next Week
  • Europe and Eurasia
    Armenia’s Postwar Crisis: What to Know
    Armenia has been riven by disputes over its leadership since its military defeat by Azerbaijan last fall. Newly called elections are unlikely to reconcile the divisions in Armenian society caused by the battlefield losses.
    In Brief by Célestine Bohlen March 25, 2021
  • Europe and Eurasia
    Has Russia Ended the War Between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
    Azerbaijan’s success in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh means Putin’s peace deal is likely to last. It also rules out further diplomacy.
    In Brief by Stephen Sestanovich November 18, 2020 Europe Program
  • Transition 2021
    U.S. Presidential Transition, Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Deal, and More
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    U.S. President-Elect Joe Biden begins a turbulent ten-week transition, Armenians and Azeris react to a Russia-brokered peace agreement, and the thirty-seventh summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) goes virtual.
    Podcast with James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon November 12, 2020 The World Next Week
  • Wars and Conflict
    Eruption of Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh
    Ambassador (Ret.) Carey Cavanaugh is a professor of diplomacy and conflict resolution at the University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce. Renewed military actio…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Strength Through Peace September 28, 2020 Strength Through Peace
  • Democracy
    Why We Must Never Give Up on Democracy
    In Nicaragua and Armenia today, people are rising up against tyranny and demanding human rights and democratic rights. Nicaragua has been suffering under a decade of misrule and deepening tyranny …
    Blog Post by Elliott Abrams April 26, 2018 Pressure Points
  • Europe and Eurasia
    Armenia’s Tricky EU-Russia Balancing Act
    Armenia’s new partnership agreement with the European Union will take effect this spring, but don’t expect it to trigger tensions with its ally Russia.
    Interview with Maral Tavitian and Benyamin Poghosyan April 5, 2018
  • Armenia
    A Simmering Crisis Over Nagorno-Karabakh
    Talks later this year between President Serzh Sargsyan and President Ilham Aliyev can reduce the likelihood of renewed armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
    Expert Brief by Carey Cavanaugh and Paul B. Stares September 22, 2017 Center for Preventive Action
  • Territorial Disputes
    Will Nagorno-Karabakh’s Frozen Conflict Heat Up?
    Eshani Bhatt is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. Last weekend, a firefight erupted between Azerbaijani forces and Armenian-backed separatists near…
    Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Micah Zenko March 1, 2017 Politics, Power, and Preventive Action
  • Territorial Disputes
    Renewed Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh
    Introduction The likelihood that Armenians and Azerbaijanis will clash over Nagorno-Karabakh in the next twelve months is high. The situation remains tense following fierce fighting in April 2016 …
    Contingency Planning Memorandum by Carey Cavanaugh February 21, 2017 Center for Preventive Action
  • Lebanon
    Weekend Reading: Beirut’s Elections, Armenian Artisans, and Egyptian Buildings
    Reading selections for the weekend of May 6, 2016.
    Blog Post by Steven A. Cook May 6, 2016 From the Potomac to the Euphrates
  • Turkey
    A Hundred Years On, Armenian Genocide Reverberates
    A century after the mass killings and displacement of the Ottoman Empire’s Armenians, four experts reflect on the present-day echoes of those atrocities and the path forward.
    Expert Roundup by Zachary Laub, Nigar Göksel, Amberin Zaman, Thomas de Waal and Elmira Bayrasli April 22, 2015
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