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How has the Russian invasion of Ukraine affected the dynamics of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan? What choice did the Armenian leadership face? Expert in international law Karl Lebt on the prospects for a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement
It’s been almost two months since the most (...)
An overview of recent labour and social struggles in Azerbaijan.
LE: Could you introduce yourselves: who are you and what are you fighting for?
We are The Worker’s Voice (İşçinin Səsi) collective. The Worker’s Voice is a socialist media outlet that aims to break the bourgeois monopoly over media (...)
In 2020, the Azerbaijani army launched a massive attack on Armenian positions in Nagorno-Karabakh. After 44 days of fighting, Azerbaijan scored a major victory, forcing Armenian forces to retreat from the territories around Karabakh, followed by the deployment of Russian peacekeeping troops. (...)
A paradoxical situation has emerged in the aftermath of the 2020 Second Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan. On the one hand, while Armenia lost the war, it quite oddly does not seek to avenge its losses. Instead, in its most recent elections, it elected the defeated leader Nikol (...)
Lilit Martirosyan continues to campaign for a hate crime law, legal gender recognition and transgender health care
There has been no legislation passed for LGBTIQ rights in Armenia since leading trans activist Lilit Martirosyan’s historic speech to the National Assembly in 2019 – but, she (...)
Borjomi is one of the country’s few international brands. Now Western sanctions have left it in crisis
The road to the Borjomi factory cuts through a gorge covered with trees.
Outside the factory, in the hot sun, sits Giorgi*. “Please excuse our office”, he jokes, gesturing toward the (...)
Although Georgia differs significantly from Ukraine in size and population, we have much in common. In particular, we are united by the past, as well as the common, albeit different in scale, the experience of invasion by the Russian Federation, respectively — war, destruction, displacement of (...)
A new protest movement over the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh has a lot in common with Armenia’s “old regime”
“The sultan wants to annihilate us / Arise, my child, I beseech you.”
These are the lyrics from a 19th century song that recalls Armenian militia fighting against the mass murders of Armenians (...)
About 400 employees of IDS Borjomi, one of the largest mineral water producers in Georgia, went on strike earlier today demanding reinstatement of 50 coworkers dismissed following the company’s announcement of a “temporary suspension” of production in late April.
A “full-scale, permanent” strike (...)
In an online survey conducted in Azerbaijan last year, shortly after the 2020 Karabakh War, the majority of respondents, 79%, expressed optimism about the future of the country. This dominant public attitude mirrored the ruling elite’s triumphant post-war rhetoric, which promised a new (...)
Now, a year after the war started, and nearly eleven months after it ended, the positions of the conflict sides and influential powers changed dramatically. Yet, the war did not put an end to the conflict; it just transformed it.
Last year, on September 27, Azerbaijani armed forces launched a (...)
Why did Turkey support Azerbaijan in its war effort? Why Turkey continues to impose economic blockade against Armenia from the first day of its independence? Isn’t this the legacy of the 1915 Genocide?
When the second Karabakh war errupted on September 27 last year, with massive Azerbaijani (...)
After last year’s war, hopes that the 2018 revolution will fulfil its promise are fading – but it’s not too late for change
“A stellar performance in one year is no guarantee of future success,” declared The Economist after Armenia held free and fair elections three years ago. The qualified praise (...)
During the parade, he not only shared the victory with the Turkish leader, but also seemed to be a junior partner in the achievement. The participation of Erdogan might be explained by the important role Turkey played in enabling Azerbaijan win the war.
December 10, 2020 is probably the most (...)
Comparing the recent war in Nagorno-Karabakh to the 2008 Georgia-Russian War shows a pattern of receding western influence, offensives at key US elections and the need for independent investigation of war crimes.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was the first ethno-territorial conflict to emerge (...)
Between the First Karabakh War and the Second Karabakh War there is a long period of 26 years, so many missed opportunities to resolve the conflict through negotiations. The failure should be found in the wrong beliefs, wrong ideas that led to wrong policies.
The Armenian public opinion is in (...)
Armenian anti-war activist Georgi Vanyan has said that police have issued him with a fine for a Facebook post calling for dialogue with Azerbaijan.
Vanyan told OC Media that police visited him on Saturday and informed him he faced a fine of ֏300,000–֏700,000 ($620–$1,500) and that if he refused (...)
Leftists in Armenia call for a post-nationalist, pluralist, and sustainable cohabitation for the people of the Caucasus.
“We dream of a life-oriented political ecology, through the creation of internationalist self-governed and autonomous communities in the region.”
Editor’s Note: The past few (...)
When reading texts like this, it is necessary to, first and foremost, acknowledge that their real impact is insignificant, even compared to the most toothless statements of the OSCE Minsk group and other international organisations. And therefore, the aim of such texts is not exactly some (...)
The bloody conflict that has erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia isn’t the result of ancestral hatreds or deep-seated animosity between Muslims and Christians. It is the product of a long history of colonialism, nationalism, and authoritarianism.
The outbreak of fighting between Armenia and (...)
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