The South Caucasus. A stable change
It would be no exaggeration to say that almost all of the political borders in the South Caucasus are contested. Their durability largely depends onthe geopolitical power distribution in the region.
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It would be no exaggeration to say that almost all of the political borders in the South Caucasus are contested. Their durability largely depends onthe geopolitical power distribution in the region.
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Support for democratic values has been at the core of Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity. Has Ukrainian society become more pro-democratic? It is difficult to give a straight-forward answer to this. On the one hand, the initial civic mobilisation has not been a “one-off”, but translated into greater civic engagement and participation. On the other, representative democracy remains a challenge.
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Those who fled Russian-occupied Crimea, starting in 2014, have stated unequivocally that they disagree with the change in power and will not live under the new authorities. What they found in so-called “free” Ukraine is, on the one hand a government ill-equipped to accommodate internally displaced people and, on the other, a civil society willing to receive them.
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Russia is very often referred to as a “neo-imperial” power. Such a label is used mostly due to Russia’s political, economic, cultural and military engagement in its “near abroad”: the countries that are regarded by Russia as its sphere of influence. Russian neoimperialism, however, is not limited to foreign policy alone as it feeds itself on a collective memory of an imperial past. Yet, there is also another type of Russian identity which is largely ignored: its post-colonial one.
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Europe’s top human rights court tells parties in long-running battle for ownership of Georgian TV station to take a pause.
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Orthodox team finds no evidence of miracle in Russian-occupied Crimea.
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Lukashenka suspends “parasite law,” but orders civil servants to make sure all of their relatives have a job.
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Ties between socialist pols and cannabis farmers could affect June elections, opposition claims.
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Could the anti-vaccination movement be responsible for the deaths of 17 children?
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If deal passes muster in the member states, it could lift the threat of massive fines on the Russian energy giant.
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In Armenia’s current foreign policy agenda the successful implementation of transit projects is of strategic importance. Yet, the potential of transit projects crossing Armenia’s territory has not been fully exploited. In addition to the necessary financial resources, the successful implementation of such projects requires an active and simultaneous engagement of the country’s northern and southern neighbours, Georgia and Iran.
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An interview with Yuriy Temirov, associate professor at the department of international relations and foreign policy and dean of the history department at Donetsk National University, temporarily located in Vinnytsia.
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Greece is currently housing around 50,000 refugees and migrants, most of whom live in camps that are overcrowded and miserable. As the situation has worsened, compounded by growing conflicts inside the camps and long wait times for asylum, the number of illegal crossings through the Balkan borders has grown. Seeing that there is no legal way to get into Western Europe, illegal human trafficking has become a flourishing industry.
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