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The Foreign Ministerial meeting of Non-aligned Movement last week and its pronouncements particularly in the context of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict has revived the old debate whether the body can actually play an effective role in international politics or pass into oblivion as an antediluvian body that emerged as an alternate to bloc politics during the cold war...
Aurobinda MAHAPATRA | 18.05.2012 |
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The Nabucco pipeline originally supposed to emerge as a rival to Russia's South Stream and as the first ever direct energy link between Europe and the resourceful Central Asia is about to face a major downscaling. The news immediately grabbed the headlines, but it would be naive to expect that Brussels will altogether abandon its ambitious plan for a southern energy corridor with a gas pipeline traversing the Caspian Sea as the key part...
Aleksandr SHUSTOV | 03.04.2012 |
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...Azerbaijan, which is advertising itself as almost the only supplier of gas to Europe in the future (now via the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline and its European extension in the form of a shorter version of Nabucco), may fail to meet the expectations of the European consumers. The reliability of gas supplies from Azerbaijan is now doubtful.
Andrey ARESHEV | 22.03.2012 |
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The developments around the Trans-Caspian Pipeline project supposed to provide an undersea energy supply link between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan are about to reach a critical point... An escalation is imminent if drastic steps to advance the construction of the Trans-Caspian pipeline are taken. The US, which at the moment intends to shift some of its military infrastructures from Afghanistan to Central Asia, will likely intervene in the conflict...
Aleksandr SHUSTOV | 29.11.2011 |
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The meeting in late September of the member states of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) project (initiated by Poland and Sweden and targeting six post-Soviet states – Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) showed that Warsaw is still interested in the Euro-Atlantic integration of these countries, especially of the first three ones... Actually, the EaP project is aimed at breaking long cultural and historical traditions which used to unite Russia and it’s the former Soviet republics. The aim is also to let the West expand its military presence in the region, an initiative also launched by Poland...
Vladislav GULEVICH | 07.10.2011 |
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The EU is open about its intention to ignore Russia's and Iran's positions as it goes ahead with the Trans-Caspian pipeline construction... For Washington, Nabucco is a form of curbing China's appetite for the natural resources of the region. The project will as well help the US strengthen the grip on Central Asian republics' political elites which Washington has been courting for quite some time. In the nearest future, we can expect to see the US and the EU act in concert not only to advance Nabucco but, as a parallel process, to drag the Caspian republics out of Russia's orbit...
Aleksandr SHUSTOV | 01.10.2011 |
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The European Union (EU) continues attempts to expand its influence on post Soviet territories, including South Caucasus. On September 29-30, Warsaw will host “Eastern partnership” summit, which agenda includes alongside with Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova also Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. On October 6-7, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to visit Yerevan, Baku and Tbilisi and passions are running high around his coming trip...
Andrey ARESHEV | 24.09.2011 |
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Tensions and stakes are growing high over Nagorno Karabakh – the negotiations are stalled, the ceasefire regime being violated almost on a daily basis, and the expectations of the international community seem to be downgraded... The biggest challenge for upcoming weeks, of course, will be developed around the UN General Assembly draft resolution A/64/L.57 on Karabakh...
Hovannes NIKOGOSYAN | 04.09.2010 |
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...It is an open question when exactly the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan became a reality again, but in the public sphere - in comments and statements – the only issue concerning the hot phase of the conflict seems to be “When would be the best time to start?”, while concerns over the imminent catastrophic consequences of the escalation no longer have a pacifying effect... No doubt, on August 19-21 Russian President D. Medvedev's visit to Yerevan will dot the i's...
Hovannes NIKOGOSYAN | 18.08.2010 |
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