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Vision for peace: Two communities
2011 is ending without any resolution on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, even though mediation efforts have continued to intense negotiations throughout the year.
Ultimately, the “momentum” for peace never gathered sufficient force. Hope...
Azerbaijan’s army and Armenia’s armed forces
On 7 December 2011, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the US Helsinki Commission of the US Congress, held a briefing entitled “Conflicts in the Caucasus: Prospects for Resolution” in Congress. The briefing...
Armenia’s economy not allow it to improve its army
Armenia’s current economic state does not allow it to improve its army.
The military exercises Armenia frequently holds in Uzundara area in Agdara aim to raise spirits and psychological state of Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh in pre-war...
Compensation can only follow Karabakh peace deal
Lawyer Erkin Gadirli believes that the compensation claims of Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan are entirely unfounded.
“The problem, of course, exists and its its humanitarian significance cannot be diminished. There were pogroms, expulsions...
‘Armenia 3500’ program – 3,500 ways to violate int’l law
Recently increasing claims of the Armenian authorities that the international law stands by Yerevan, in the context of Azerbaijan’s election as a nonpermanent member of the UN Security Council and Baku’s statement on inclusion...
Azerbaijan Steps Up National UAV Production
Azerbaijani Armed Forces to receive 60 new UAVs by the end of 2011
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan will take delivery of 60 license-built tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) by the end of 2011. As Rashad Suleymanov of the...
Armenia’s disappearing population
Armenia’s population is dwindling. In a 2009 UN survey, 44 percent of the population claimed they did not see a future in the country. Emigration trends since, confirm that tens of thousands of Armenian’s continue to leave the country.
And...
Harsh words and keeping enmities alive
“We have defended Karabakh from the enemies, what to do with Mount Ağrı [or Ararat] depends on your generation.” These are the words of Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan. He uttered these words when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...
The Caucasian Winter
The Middle East is at the top of the international community’s political agenda: The “Arab Spring” and developments in Libya remain priorities. On June 24, however, the world was looking to the Russian city of Kazan, where...
Nagorno-Karabakh: progress on the horizon?
The unpredictable security situation in the South Caucasus is of increasing concern to Europe. While the situation in Georgia is far from ideal, it is at least contained.
It is the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Azerbaijani...