CESRAN Int.

By Assoc. Prof. Bayram Gungor | 01 April 2010 It is widely known that the most basic form of integrations is the cooperation agreements. However, cooperation agreements are different from...

By Dr. Ayla Gol | 01 April 2010   Has anyone who is interested in Turkish and Armenian relations been really surprised that the most recent diplomatic attempts to normalise relations between...

By Zaur Shiriyev | 01 April 2010 Peace talks to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have been under way for more than a decade with virtually no tangible progress. The last few weeks...

By Oleg Orlov | 31 March 2010 In the Northern Caucasus (including Chechnya), underground militia which use terrorist methods are fighting the Russian state. In turn, the state and its military structures,...

By Mehmet Ali Birand | 30 March 2010   The Armenian people get up each morning thinking of genocide, talking about Turkey during the day and watch news on TV about Erdoğan...

By David Trilling | 30 March 2010       Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has been taking a beating in the Russian press over the last week. The burst of media attacks suggests...

By Ahmed Rashid | 30 March 2010     When Pakistan's powerful army chief, Gen Ashfaq Kayani, and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi got off the plane in Washington to conduct what...

Vladimir Ryzhkov 09 February 2010 As anticipated, the report recently issued by the liberal Institute of Contemporary Development titled “21st-Century Russia: Reflections on an Attractive Tomorrow” caused a big stir...

Molly Corso  08 February 2010   Officials in Georgia are downplaying speculation that the apparent victory of the pro-Russian candidate in Ukraine’s presidential run-off will have negative repercussions for Tbilisi. But...

Jesse Tatum Interview with Dr. Christoph H. Stefes   CRIA: With regard to your comparative study of corruption in Georgia and Armenia, can you explain its different levels – i.e....

RFE/RL 30 January 2010   Afghan President Hamid Karzai tells RFE/RL that he has long advocated talking to moderate elements within the Taliban but that the international community is only...

Simon Pirani 28 January 2010 Although Ukraine’s troubles with Russian gas and Russia’s troubles with Ukrainian transit are not over yet, political relations between the two countries should improve after...

Duygu Uckun "In the last five years, everything has changed. In the last 200 years, nothing has changed." -Russian say-   According to a New York Times article dated December...

Nino Patsuria As prospects dim for a quick reopening of the Turkish-Armenian border, Georgian business executives remain quietly content. Trouble with the Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process can mean continued economic benefits for Georgian...

Ahmed Rashid  People in the South Asia region will be holding their breath in the new year. If both nations fail to achieve a modicum of political stability and success against...