Opinion

Georgia

Opinion: 'Georgia’s new protest laws should be seen as ban on freedom of expression'

Georgia

October 15, 2025

Lawyer Nika Simonishvili: “Amendments violate Georgian constitution”

Municipal elections in Georgia-2025

Failed ‘peaceful revolution’ and new repressions: where Georgia is heading after October 4

Municipal elections in Georgia-2025

October 13, 2025

The government accuses the West of inciting a coup

Politics in Abkhazia

Independent Abkhaz journalist Inal Khashig on the bot created in his name to praise the government

Politics in Abkhazia

October 12, 2025

“The goal of this campaign is to create the illusion of nationwide support for the president”

Azerbaijan-Armenia

Armenian political analyst: 'Aliyev sabotages peace process initiated by Trump'

Azerbaijan-Armenia

October 08, 2025

According to Lilit Dallakyan, in 2026 Trump will be focused on domestic politics, raising concerns that he may forget his commitments and intentions regarding the South Caucasus.

Opinion: “The organizers of the Tbilisi rally have given grounds for a new wave of repression”

Georgia

October 05, 2025

Gia Nodia: “The propagandist narrative about a ‘coup attempt’ has, for the first time, gained real justification”

Opinion: “Georgia’s EU membership chance is on hold — and the only reason is Ivanishvili”

Georgia

October 03, 2025

Political analyst Vano Machavariani: “Georgia has become like Belarus and Azerbaijan”

‘Indecently fake honeymoon’- Opinion on Russia–Abkhazia relations

Politics in Abkhazia

October 03, 2025

Public Chamber member Tengiz Jopua calls the situation “embarrassingly insincere” and urges pragmatism and mutual responsibility.

Opinion: “Europe’s ‘golden reserve’?” – Azerbaijan ousted from PACE but remains a strategic partner

Azerbaijan

October 03, 2025

The Italian president described Baku as a respected EU partner, while Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called Azerbaijan the EU’s “golden reserve.”

German MP: ‘We are actively discussing how to respond to crisis of democracy in Georgia’

Georgia - EU

October 02, 2025

"Only those responsible for the rollback of democracy should be held to account"

Opinion: 'Putin will leave sooner than we think — and Ivanishvili will follow'

Georgia

October 02, 2025

Russia–Caucasus analyst briefed US Senate

President Donald Trump (right) meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington | photo: AP/Evan Vucci

Opinion: US is strengthening Erdogan’s position — what are Trump’s aims regarding Turkey?

Turkey

October 01, 2025

US ambassador Tom Barrack said that Trump stated, “Let’s take a bold step and give Erdoğan what he needs,” and that “need” is not weapons or trade, but “legitimacy.”

Armenia between the West and Russia: risks of the government’s ‘balanced’ policy

Armenia

September 28, 2025

Political analyst Lilit Dallakyan comments on the risks of the so-called “balanced policy” and whether European integration and regionalisation, both included in Armenia’s foreign policy strategy, can in fact be compatible

Opinion: 'Summoning Western ambassadors aims to isolate Georgia from West'

Georgia

September 26, 2025

Political analyst Lasha Dzebisashvili: “This will not change the EU’s policy towards Georgia”

“Armenia should not cut military spending during army reform,” expert says

Armenia

September 25, 2025

Armenia’s defence budget will be cut by 15.2% in 2026, a move military analyst Leonid Nersisyan says is unjustified

Opinion on Georgian Dream president Mikheil Kavelashvili’s visit to the UN

Georgia

September 22, 2025

Chavchavadze Centre founder Nino Kalandadze: “Kavelashvili has nothing to say to a western audience”

Azerbaijan-EU relations: energy, transport, demining and political integration

Azerbaijan

September 20, 2025

Azerbaijan’s relations with the European Union have entered a new phase since the end of the 2020 Karabakh war

Azerbaijan’s territorial defence: democratic transformation or tighter control? — Analysis

Azerbaijan

September 20, 2025

Amendments to the “Law on Defence,” passed by the Milli Majlis on 14 July and approved by the president on 11 August, broaden the scope of the territorial defence model

Armenian National Security Service delegation in Baku

For the first time, Armenian National Security Service delegation visits Baku: what Yerevan expects

Azerbaijan-Armenia

September 20, 2025

The delegation, headed by Armenia’s National Security Service chief Andranik Simonyan, will take part in the 3rd International Security Forum. A political analyst comments

The end of Putin’s pipelines: how Europe cut its reliance on Russian gas

Eastern Europe

September 18, 2025

Maximilian Hess on how a fundamental shift happened in such a short time: "Eastern Europe’s gas market will never return to where it was four years ago".

"Armenia and Azerbaijan join US AI projects as Georgia falls behind" — opinion

Georgia

September 16, 2025

Armenia is making practical AI progress within its strategic partnership with the US, Azerbaijan has a clear plan, while the US has suspended the Strategic Partnership Charter with Georgia

Armenian prisoners in Baku: reports of suicide attempts and hunger strikes, and Yerevan’s response

Karabakh conflict

September 12, 2025

They came to light after phone conversations between the prisoners and their families. Human rights defenders link these incidents to the halt of the ICRC’s work in Azerbaijan