Originally published in French on May 6, 2025 By Elodie Gavrilof In front of the monastery of Khor Virap, facing Mount Ararat, the reality of the closed border is brutally obvious. Below, watchtowers line the road, guarding an area that is inaccessible without special authorisation and reserved for residents only. This striking militarisation is the […]
Originally published in French on April 4, 2025 Historian Altay Goyushov, director of the Baku Research Institute (BRI), hosted at Sciences Po’s CERI as “endangered scholar” in 2024-2025, gave an interview to CivilNet in Russian on April 2, 2025, in which he discussed the current phase of the negotiation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. According
Originally published in French on May 6, 2025 On 25th April 2025, at the American University of Armenia (AUA), Turkish historian Taner Akçam presented the Armenian translation of his book One Hundred Years of Apartheid: A History of the Turkish Republic. A recognised specialist in the Armenian genocide and director of the Armenian genocide research
Originally published in French on May 7, 2025 At a time when information warfare is redefining the balance of power between states, multiplying the levels of players involved, and when geopolitical conflicts are gaining in intensity in a deregulated international order, digital influence campaigns are emerging as political instruments in their own right. Russia, long
The two countries are eager to resolve their differences, and doing so would further American interests. A summary of Garo Paylan’s article in the WSJ of January 13, 2025 On the eve of U.S. President Trump’s move to the White House, Garo Paylan signs an article for the Wall Street Journal advocating the interest of
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They may have left Azerbaijan, worked in exile or studied for their doctorates in European universities, but the increasingly repressive police regime in Baku is still hunting them down. In Azerbaijan, the post-2020 period is characterised by an ongoing crackdown on dissident voices: activists, academics, not to mention political opponents. Some issues are more sensitive
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Although Armenia and Turkey re-engaged in a process of normalising their relations at the end of 2021, this is taking place almost exclusively at a formal level, via the two special representatives (Ruben Rubinyan and Serkar Kiliç). The participation of civil society, an essential link in this type of process, is almost completely lacking, unlike
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During a recent episode of “Democracy Now,” Anna Ohanyan, a professor of political science and international relations at Stonehill College, shed light on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the South Caucasus and its implications for the region. Post-war periods are fragile, as they either move a conflict region towards sustainable peace or to the next
From 26 to 28 May 2023, the second Media Festival was held in Yerevan, organised by EVN Report. The event brought together local and international media professionals to share their experience and expertise, while highlighting the essential role of journalists in the democratisation of Armenian society. Participants from France included Ariane Chemin, essayist and senior
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Azerbaijani and Armenian women are increasingly committed to peace in the region. Women, especially young women, deplore the fact that men have been over-represented in peace talks for decades and see this as a barrier to peace. Focus on four of these activists. Number 1: Leyla (name changed at the request of the interviewee). After
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