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Hungary’s EU presidency: What should the Eastern Partnership’s future posture be toward the South Caucasus?

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Zaur Shiriyev | 29 December 2010 Hungary assumes the European Union presidency in a troubled period, as all of Europe struggles under the economic crisis. As a new member...

Russia and Eurasia

When Russia will Ready to Join the WTO…*

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Dr. Zura Garakanidze | 20 December 2010 Russia's persistent interest in Iranian energy projects casts a problematic light over its bid to join the World Trade Organisation. Moscow is already...

Russia and Eurasia

How Alliance Politics Affects The Resolution Of Conflicts In The South Caucasus?*

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Zaur Shiriyev | 15 December 2010 Alliance politics is an important factor affecting threats and conflicts in South Caucasus region. Alliances in this region are a direct reaction to the...

Russia and Eurasia

What will NATO’s new Strategic Concept adopt?

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Zaur Shiriyev | 14 November 2010 NATO's next summit in Lisbon, scheduled for Nov. 19-21, will highlight five pertinent topics: the adoption of a new Strategic Concept, operations in Afghanistan,...

Genel

Peace and Security Aspirations for South Caucasus

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Zaur Shiriyev 04 October 2010 Elmar Mammadyarov The First Annual Symposium of International Relations Scholars (ASIRS) which held at Baku on 22nd -23rd October was an exceptional opportunity in...

Russia and Eurasia

Confine Your Operations to Afghanistan, Islamabad Tells Washington

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Shahid R. Siddiqi | 12 October 2010 Fears have been expressed for a long time that successful resistance by the Pashtun Taliban against American occupation of Afghanistan and the imminent defeat...

Russia and Eurasia

Finally an Ambassador to Azerbaijan?

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Zaur Shiriyev | 23 September 2010 On Wednesday, a lot of Azerbaijani people expressed their great delight at the approval of Matthew Bryza as the new ambassador to Azerbaijan by...

Russia and Eurasia

Kosovo and Karabakh: Looking back at the Future

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Zaur Shiriyev | 17 September 2010 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on 22 July that Kosovo's declaration of secession from Serbia did not break international law. In...

Russia and Eurasia

‘Samsun-Ceyhan pipe talks stalled’

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Upstream | 17 September 2010 The head of Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft said today that talks on building the Samsun-Ceyhan oil link between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean...

Russia and Eurasia

An Amazing Look Into the Past

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Prof. Barry Rubin | 29 August 2010 Although this is a bit outside what I usually discuss (but I have an excuse coming up in a moment), I recommend to...

Russia and Eurasia

Viewpoint: Throwing the Afghan Baby Out With Bath Water

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Ahmed Rashid | 04 August 2010 There have been doubts in the US and Europe about the war in Afghanistan and clamour for an even earlier withdrawal of international...

Russia and Eurasia

Divide Afghanistan at Your Peril

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Ahmed Rashid | 03 August 2010 Over the past 32 years, Afghans have fought a series of wars to keep their country together. For all the machinations of great powers...

Russia and Eurasia

Extracting Change in Afghanistan’s Development Quagmire

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Aunohita Mojumdar | 29 July 2010 The girls' high school under construction in Jabal Seraj could have turned out like any other development project in the area: crumbling and dangerous. Afghanistan...

Russia and Eurasia

Only talks with the Taliban can end an unwinnable war

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Ahmed Rashid | 26 July 2010 This week's conference in Kabul to determine the future of international support for Afghanistan is critical. The meeting, attended by Foreign Secretary William Hague, US...

Russia and Eurasia

“Time Tested Friendship”: Azerbaijan–Georgian Relations

CESRAN Int.1 April 2014

By Zaur Shiriyev | 26 July 2010 "After the August war" - most political analysts use this quote when discussing events after the Georgian-Russian war in 2008, which changed the political map...