Caucasus
What is the True Purpose of the CSTO Led by Russia?
Monday, 06 September 2010 08:42
In early August of 2010, CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation) held another summit in Armenia. Russia continues to increase tension guided by its questionable policies in the "zone of privileged interests " or another words, in the former post Soviet block with bright examples in Central Asia and Caucasus. Without a clearly defined interests and constructive regional strategy, Russia has returned to Central Asia with ideas of a military bases and hydropower projects sliding relations between Central Asian states downward.
Love Stories of Ararat Mountain and People
Monday, 06 September 2010 08:42
On Friday morning, with my friend İsmail, we want to see some places especially Republic Square. First, we go to places near the square. We go to the building of another friend who is journalist, but learn that he is on holiday and trying to find another address in Moskovyan Street. In this street which is on the west of Opera Square, we will meet Shushan, our friend from Sobesednik Newspaper. After a long searching process, we find the address but learn that the building is closed. In Armenia, media companies gives up most of their work when summer season comes. Sitting in the park opposite the building I text a message to Shushan and get the answer immediately. We will meet in Abovyan Street at 21:00…
The South Caucasus on the Russian “Chess Board”
Monday, 06 September 2010 08:42
The problems of security in the South Caucasus and especially in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are entering new, most pressing and dynamically debate stage later of the Turkish President Gul’s Baku and Russian President Medvedyev’s Yerevan visits. Turkey and Azerbaijan signed a Strategic Partnership and Mutual Assistance deal during President Abdullah Gül's visit to Azerbaijan, on 17 August. This came just days before, agreement on extending Moscow’s lease on 102nd Gyumri military base’s rights by 34 years, during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Armenia. The agreement is a Russian memorandum to the West that it will not move back from its policy to toughen its position in the South Caucasus for long time.
Genocide Talks Which Are Directed By Foreign Sides
Monday, 06 September 2010 08:42
We woke up late in the morning because we had got very tired the night before. The number of dreams we had seen for a couple of days increased dramatically. We were not yet fully relieved our tiredness. Until we met Karine at 13:00, we thought it is time to visit the internet world that we had neglected for a long time.
Recalibrating Germany’s and EU’s Policy in the South Caucasus
Monday, 06 September 2010 08:42
The European Union’s policy towards the South Caucasus is a typical example of the inability of its member states to develop a common policy towards the post-Soviet space. Furthermore, the EU has been slow to adapt to changes in the region, such as, most notably, the rise in power and relevance of Azerbaijan in the South Caucasus region. The failure of conflict resolution in the South Caucasus is also due to diverging interests between the member states and EU’s limited engagement in its neighborhood, which makes the EU policy towards the South Caucasus at the most reactive.
