Context on External Relations
News Russia blocks renewal of UN panel monitoring North Korea sanctions

Sanctions, in force since 2006, will remain in place, but mandate of expert panel will end on April 30.

  • March 29, 2024
Publications Remember Kazan, for history can repeat itself

Benyamin Poghosyan By Benyamin POGHOSYAN, PhD, Chairman, Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies

The September 2023 military takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan was a watershed moment in the conflict. Azerbaijan achieved a decisive victory by force, defying decades-long widespread perception among OSCE Co-chair countries and other actors that the conflict had no military solution. Many expected that the demise of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic would pave the way for the Armenia – Azerbaijan peace agreement, thus bringing long-awaited stability to the region. However, it appeared that the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh was only one part of the bigger puzzle of Armenia–Azerbaijan relations. After September 2023, Azerbaijan brought back the narrative of a corridor via Armenia to connect Azerbaijan with Nakhichevan, despite the fact that there was no Lachin corridor anymore connecting Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh and started to highlight the necessity to change the Armenian constitution and other laws READ MORE

  • March 27, 2024
News Ukraine says it hit two Russian landing ships off occupied Crimea

A Moscow-installed regional official says 10 missiles shot down amid a major Ukrainian air attack.

  • March 26, 2024
News UK’s Sunak to unveil $252m investment in nuclear deterrent, nuclear energy

UK leader says investment is vital in ‘more dangerous and contested world.’

  • March 26, 2024
News US, UK sanction alleged China-based hackers for targeting voters, critics

The sanctions identify a company and individuals accused of collaborating with the Chinese government to launch cyberattacks.

  • March 26, 2024
News Pro-Palestinian protesters obstruct Greece military parade

Pro-Palestinian protesters obstructed a military parade for Greece’s Independence Day, standing in the way of a tank and waving the Palestinian flag. Greece has been one of Israel’s leading European supporters during the war on Gaza.

  • March 26, 2024
News Russia is in a ‘state of war’ in Ukraine, Kremlin says for the first time

The Kremlin has for two years referred to its invasion of Ukraine as a ‘special military operation’, not a war.

  • March 22, 2024
News China’s envoy says ‘significant gap’ between Kyiv and Moscow on peace talks

Speaking to the media after his latest European tour, Li Hui expresses hope that both sides might come together.

  • March 22, 2024
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