Author: Thomas de Waal / Topic: Peace Studies

Author:: Thomas de Waal
Publication Date:: 10-2010
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:: The historic normalization between Armenia and Turkey has stalled and it is critical to prevent relations from deteriorating further. If Armenia and Turkey eventually succeed in opening their closed border, it will transform the South Caucasus region. But the concerns of Azerbaijan, Turkey's ally and the losing side in the Nagorny Karabakh conflict, need to be taken into account. The international community needs to pay more attention to the conflict and work harder to break the regional deadlock it has generated.
Topic:: Conflict Resolution, Peace Studies, Treaties and Agreements, and Bilateral Relations
Political Geography:: Turkey, Armenia, and Azerbaijan

Author:: Anatol Lieven, Fiona Hill, and Thomas de Waal
Publication Date:: 03-2005
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Abstract:: The ongoing conflict in and around Chechnya is helping to feed the wider international jihadi movement, and is endangering the West as well as Russia. The next “soft target” of North Caucasian terrorism could be a Western one. Mutual recriminations over the conflict have badly damaged relations between Russia and the West. While most of the blame for this lies with Russian policies, the Western approach to the issue has often been unhelpful and irresponsible. Denunciations of Russian behavior have not been matched by a real understanding of the Chechen conflict or a real commitment to help.
Topic:: Diplomacy and Peace Studies
Political Geography:: Russia, Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, and North Caucasus

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