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Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia after the Patriarchs death greater state involvement in the Church

On 17 March, Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, died at the age of 93. He had led the autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) since 1977, the longest tenure in its history. The Patriarch enjoyed unquestioned authority among…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

The Washington Declaration moving closer to peace in the South Caucasus

On 8 August, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and US President Donald Trump signed a peace declaration in Washington. The document stresses the need to continue efforts towards a future peace…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Another stage of the crisis between Baku and Moscow

On 27 June, a brutal police operation in Yekaterinburg, in the Urals, resulted in the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis – Russian citizens (it remains unclear whether they also unofficially retained Azerbaijani citizenship) – who were…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Armenia a power struggle between the throne and the altar with Russia in the shadows

On 25 June, Armenia’s Investigative Committee announced it had uncovered a plot to overthrow Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and seize power by force.
Analyses | | Miłosz Bartosiewicz, Wojciech Górecki

The Azerbaijani aircraft crash Moscow comes under pressure from Baku

On 25 December, an Embraer E190 aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) flying from Baku, Azerbaijan to Grozny crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, where it had been redirected by Russian airspace. The accident claimed the lives of 38…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia passes the law on agents the internal crisis escalates

Defying the recent mass street protests, on 14 May the Georgian parliament passed the law entitled ‘On the transparency of foreign influence’, commonly referred to as the ‘law on foreign agents’, in its third and final reading. In the 150-…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia tensions over controversial law continue to escalate

The political conflict in Georgia around the law entitled ‘On the Transparency of Foreign Influence’, which has been under consideration since mid-April, continues to escalate. The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party is determined to press…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia the foreign agent law v20 A toughening stance ahead of elections

At the beginning of April, in response to a motion tabled by the ruling Georgian Dream party (GD), Georgia’s parliament launched work on a draft law concerning “the transparency of foreign influence”. The draft states that various entities…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Armenia between the West and the threat of war

On 5 April, an unprecedented Armenia-EU-US summit took place in Brussels, with the participation of Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Nagorno-Karabakh Armenias surrender Russias success

On the night of 9-10 November, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, and the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia, Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin, signed a statement suspending fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone.…