Thursday, 16 May 2013
Russia and Turkey in conflict (mis)management in the Caucasus
New PRIO Policy Brief
Project Jan 2006 – Feb 2007
The Russian military focus on tasks in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Armenia
Book Chapter
Preserving the alliance against tall odds: Armenia's Velvet Revolution as a challenge to Russia
Book chapter in Armenia's Velvet Revolution: Authoritarian Decline and Civil Resistance in a Multipolar World
Book Chapter
Armenia and Azerbaijan
Book chapter in Conflicts in the OSCE Area
Edited volume
Conflicts in the OSCE Area
Edited volume
Report – External Series
Russia Makes a Move in the Caucasus - and Looks Beyond
The EU-Russia Centre Review
Report – External Series
Russia misguided and seeks to restrain the revolution in Armenia
PONARS Eurasia Memo
Journal Article
Putin Tries to Pull Azerbaijan into Sphere of Influence
Journal article in CACI Analyst
Journal Article
Hurting Stalemate or Mediation? The Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, 1990-95
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Journal Article
War After Communism: Effects on Political and Economic Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia
Journal article in Journal of Peace Research
Journal Article
What Made Russia Indifferent to the Revolution in Armenia
Journal article in Caucasus Analytical Digest
Journal Article
Revisiting the Problem of Post-Soviet Revolutions: The Armenian Revolution Makes Some Difference
Journal article in International Relations and Diplomacy
Policy Brief
Russia and Turkey in conflict (mis)management in the Caucasus
PRIO Policy Brief
Popular Article
Medvedev Fails in Mediating a Compromise between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Popular article in Eurasia Daily Monitor
Popular Article
What explains Russia's uncharacteristic indifference to the revolution in Armenia?
Popular article in Order from Chaos
Popular Article
Nagorno-Karabakh: what do residents of the contested territory want for their future?
Popular article in The Conversation
Popular Article
The fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh is about local territories and wider rivalries
Popular article in The Washington Post, Monkey Cage
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