Caucasus
EASTERN EUROPE: Smoking remains socially acceptable
While levels of tobacco addiction have declined in Western Europe in recent years, the problem...
Eastern EuropeEASTERN EUROPE: EBRD faces challenging transition
The EBRD is increasingly orienting its activities towards the east and the south. Consequently,...
Eastern EuropeCAUCASUS: Migration remains a problem in the region
Migration levels in the South Caucasus have declined since the regional turmoil of the 1990s....
CaucasusAZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA: New leader heralds no change
Nagorno-Karabakh's security and military establishment, with close personal ties to the Armenian...
AzerbaijanAZERBAIJAN/ARMENIA: Breakaway Karabakh holds elections
Azerbaijan's breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh held a 'presidential election' on Friday.
AzerbaijanCIS/RUSSIA: Moscow will oppose GUAM revival
GUAM remains in its infancy: cooperation is loose and ill-defined, and institutions have yet to...
CisEUROPEAN UNION: Comprehensive migration policy sought
The European Commission today published several proposals aimed at fostering legal migration from...
RUSSIA: CFE moratorium risks reviving old divides
First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said yesterday that Russia would no longer inform NATO...
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