Shahnazarian 2 - PONARS Eurasia

Georgia Decides to Participate in the 2014 Sochi Olympics

Is Georgia's decision to participate in the Sochi Olympics a realpolitik achievement or a defeat for civil society? On his visit to Yerevan in January, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili…

Проблемы преемственности и смены власти в Украине, Казахстане и на Кавказе

Публикуем русский перевод материалов секции ежегодной конференции программы ПОНАРС Евразия, посвященной проблемам смены руководства в Украине, Казахстане и на Кавказе. В аналитической записке Александра Фисуна доказывается, что изменения избирательных законов…

Полицейская реформа и коррупция в Грузии, Армении и Нагорном Карабахе

В этой аналитической записке предпринимается попытка объяснить результаты антикоррупционных политик в Грузии, Армении и de facto Нагорно-Карабахской Республике. В частности я задаюсь вопросом, как и почему получилось, что Грузия в…

Police Reform and Corruption in Georgia, Armenia, and Nagorno-Karabakh

This memo seeks to explain the outcomes of anti-corruption policies in Georgia, Armenia, and the de facto republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. In particular, I ask how Georgia could rapidly implement successful…

Young Soldiers’ Tales of War in Nagorno-Karabakh

(Journal Article) The active participation of children and young men in armed conflicts has not lost its significance as a global phenomenon in the twenty-first century. In Eurasia, where numerous…

Violence, Politics, and Ethnicity in the “Russian Riviera”

The Krasnodar region is a wealthy province in southern Russia with a population of over five million. Located on the Black Sea coast, it borders Ukraine, Georgia (the breakaway region…

Breaking the Nation’s Taboo: Meds Yeghern and Turkish Intellectuals

On December 12, 2008, a group of Turkish intellectuals launched an internet campaign to apologize for the World War I-era slaughter of Armenians in Turkey. Significantly, the “apology campaign” did…

The Making of a De Facto State: Warlords and Militarized Society in Nagorno-Karabakh

“Warlordism” is sometimes seen as a self-repairing strategy for weak states. This memo assesses the rise of the twin phenomena of warlordism and militarism in the de facto state of…

A Return to Tradition? Aspects of Postwar Political Culture in Nagorno-Karabakh

In the late 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev’s promotion of democratic liberties and values, including freedom of speech and pluralism of opinion, provided a basis for the development of a number of…

The Hemshin, Homshetsi, or Hemshinli? Armenian Speaking Muslim People of the Black Sea Region

This memo is based primarily on field research material gathered in the areas of Hemshil settlements, including the villages of Vpered, Erik, Kim, Kalinin, and Kubanskaya, all of which are…

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