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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 … June led to scuffles between police and members of the Armenian clergy at the Catholicosate headquarters in Etchmiadzin. A few days earlier, Russian-Armenian oligarch Samvel Karapetyan had been arrested on …
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki, Mateusz Chudziak

The pan-Turkic Caucasus The Baku-Ankara alliance and its regional importance

… for Baku. In the 1990s, Russia eventually came down on Armenia’s side, and in 2008 it recognised the … Azerbaijan’s ally in the latter’s confrontation with Armenia, but also – as a pillar of NATO and a strong … Ankara attempted to normalise its relations with Armenia in 2008–9; in Baku’s eyes, this would have made …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki, Zuzanna Krzyżanowska

Baku–Ankara rift headscarf row exposes divisions over Israel

… an ally for Azerbaijan in its confrontation with Armenia and a gateway to the West, given its position as … Karabakh War in 1992, Turkey had imposed a blockade on Armenia and closed its border with the country in a show … pressure Yerevan into making concessions. The Turkish–Armenian protocols, which envisaged the establishment of …
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Turkey tries to build up strategic partnership with Azerbaijan

… Azerbaijan, which has been undermined by the Turkish/Armenian rapprochement which was forced through over the … also guaranteed that the process of normalisation with Armenia would depend on progress in resolving the …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Turkey and Azerbaijan sign gas transit deals

… politics (Turkey is also its ally in the conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh). Moreover, since Turkey …