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The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: A challenge for the EU’s role in the South Caucasus

CESRAN Int.4 July 20164 July 2016

The recent unprecedented escalation of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan along the Line of Contact (LoC) around the Karabakh region brought back the questions of what kind of challenges the...

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Georgia: Project Aims to Boost Orthodox Church’s Support for EU Integration

CESRAN Int.27 March 201627 March 2016

Many proponents of European Union integration tend to see the Georgian Orthodox Church as an obstacle on Georgia’s path to Brussels. But a new initiative in Tbilisi aims to make...

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What the T-14 can tell NATO about a resurgent Russia

CESRAN Int.15 August 201515 August 2015

What the T-14 can tell NATO about a resurgent Russia The piece of advice Bismark accorded to the new German general staff after unification in 1871, “Russia is never as...

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Russian Foreign Policy under Dmitry Medvedev’s Presidency (2008-2012)

CESRAN Int.29 April 20154 May 2015

Summary Putin’s Russia (2000-2008) not only established internal stability, following the difficult and painful transition of the 1990’s onwards, but recovered economically, bolstered by a rapid increase in revenues from...

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New Georgian Interior Minister Faces Multiple Challenges

CESRAN Int.5 February 20155 February 2015

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has promoted First Deputy Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri to succeed his former boss, Aleksandr Chikaidze, as minister. Chikaidze had submitted his resignation on January 23, citing as...