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Sunday, April 29, 2018

Whither Armenia's 'Velvet Revolution'?

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To say that recent events in Armenia have caught observers – including yours truly - by surprise would an understatement.     Its hybrid, ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

On Trump, the Populist Wave, and the Forgotten Virtues of Qualitative Approaches

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What really bothers me about Trump’s win is not just the clear disconnect it has revealed between the political and economic elites and th...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

The War on Experts: Why it Matters

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Politicians like power, and they do so for a variety of reasons.   Most believe their ideas deserve to be realised for the sake of the pub...
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

How War in Nagorno-Karabakh Could Spread – and Become a Major Problem for Europe

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Every now and then, the West is reminded of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom it knows nothing (as Neville Chamberlai...
Monday, May 11, 2015

The Ties that Bind: War, History and Power in and around Today’s Russia

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It is difficult indeed to overstate the importance of victory day in Russia.   In its solemnity, it is as close to a religious festival as...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

A Small Exercise in Speculation: In the Caucasus, All Roads Lead through Tbilisi

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The unresolved conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan experienced a sudden flare-up in tensions last week when the Azeri armed forces sho...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

The Empire That Will Not Speak Its Name

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A few months ago, I posed the question – was Putin’s Eurasian Uniona pre-electoral sideshow, or a fully-fledged quest for renewed empire? ...
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