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25 თებერვალი, 2014

The Olympics in Sochi, Russia, took place about 30 kilometers from Russia’s border with the separatist region of Abkhazia in Georgia. As a security precaution, the Russian government has temporarily moved its border 11 kilometers into Abkhazia to create a…

Armenian attitudes towards opening the border with Turkey

13 ოქტომბერი, 2011

During the 20th anniversary of Armenian independence from the Soviet Union on September 21, 2011, the Armenian news service Hetq reported that the organizers of celebratory events were delivering commemorative T-shirts made in Turkey – which has had closed borders with Armenia…

Report release – Life on the boundary line: the future of security in Shida Kartli

26 ოქტომბერი, 2010

Saferworld has released a report this month titled Life on the boundary line: the future of security in Shida Kartli. The report is based on the qualitative and quantitative research conducted by CRRC, and aims to assess the security needs of the communities…

Polling Data on Turkish-Armenian Bilateral Relations

3 ოქტომბერი, 2008

Recently, as a result of the football diplomacy between Armenia and Turkey, an opinion poll was conducted in both Turkey and Armenia to gauge the reaction to new gestures in the Turko-Armenian relationship. The poll was carried out by MetroPoll in Ankara…

Georgian Borderlands | Mathijs Pelkmans

11 იანვარი, 2008

Many social researchers working on the Caucasus bemoan the lack of good scholarly works on the region. However, one recent book, which is both excellent and readable, seems to have fallen under people’s radars — Mathijs Pelkmans’ Defending the Border:…

Snapshot: Border Crossing Armenia-Georgia

8 დეკემბერი, 2006

Earlier this morning some observations that in themselves can almost serve as indicators: