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NATO Looks to the Caucasus

Sergey Markedonov | May 17, 2012

Strategically important to Afghanistan, Iran and a host of other issues, NATO should pay attention to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

The Realists in Tehran

Sergey Markedonov | May 4, 2012

Conceptions of ideolgical ayatollahs aside, the Iranians have proven they can play a pragmatic geopolitical game in the Caucasus.

What a Eurasian Union Means for Washington

Jeffrey Mankoff | Apr 19, 2012

Putin's attempts to bolster regional ties have many in the West concerned.

The Azerbaijan Dilemma

Thomas de Waal | Apr 2, 2012

Faced with a troubled region, high-maintenance allies and an increasingly opaque government, Baku sees trouble ahead.

More than Georgia on Obama's Mind

Thomas de Waal | Feb 23, 2012

President Saakashvili's recent Washington visit has drawn the White House deeper into domestic Georgian politics.

Trying to Do Everything, Doing Nothing Well

Justin Logan | Feb 17, 2012

Talking to Grown-Ups in the Caucasus

Thomas de Waal | Dec 15, 2011

The post-Soviet countries are grown-up, though not necessarily as the West might have wished.

Armenia's Population Drain

Thomas de Waal | Nov 21, 2011

Poverty and economic ruin are the least of Armenia's many problems.

Georgia's Political Shake Up: Enter the Oligarch

Thomas de Waal | Oct 27, 2011

Boris Ivanishvili has taken just two weeks to unsettle the entire Georgian political scene.

Vladimir Putin and the South Caucasus

Thomas de Waal | Oct 4, 2011

What the return of the prodigal president means for Russia's neighbors.

Distorting the Russian-Georgian War

Thomas de Waal | Sep 19, 2011

Both sides are looking to sway public opinion by recruiting a most influential ally—Hollywood.

Russia's Toxic Deep State

Thomas de Waal | Aug 30, 2011

Suspicious assassinations. Winks, nods and shadowy figures. The sword and shield of Soviet Russia is alive and well.

Russia and Georgia, At It Again

Thomas de Waal | Jun 30, 2011

Bomb plots. Intelligence conspiracies. Invasion hoaxes. Welcome to the Caucasus.

One Hearty Party

Thomas de Waal | Jun 15, 2011

Turkey and Georgia beware: the road to authoritarianism is paved with successful one-party rule.

Good Revolutions Gone Bad

Ted Galen Carpenter | Jun 1, 2011

Kosovo. Georgia. Ukraine. Now Iraq and Kurdistan. The U.S. must learn not to trust sleazy foreign "democracy promoters."

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