In memory of Pete, we have launched the Pete Duncan Memorial Fund, which will support PhD students at the School. Donations can be made via peter-duncan-2026.muchloved.com
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In memory of Pete, we have launched the Pete Duncan Memorial Fund, which will support PhD students at the School. Donations can be made via peter-duncan-2026.muchloved.com
This is a really interesting thread that's worth a read.
skytte.ut.ee/en/news/unit... 6-day summer school in Cyprus, 29 June-4 July 2026, run by Uni of Tartu on sovereignty & territorial contestation, secessionism & statehood bids, combining expert lectures, guided discussions & immersive field visits. Tuition in English, price €700, deadline 6 April.
arisc.org?p=12722 [call for papers] 'Celebrating 20 Years of ARISC: Approaches & Directions in the Study Of the South Caucasus', **virtual** conference 17-19 September 2026, deadline 31 March; broad thematic parameters, details in link.
In a new opinion piece, @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social argues that Iran's nuclear strategy rested on the critical assumption that the US administration preferred a deal to a war.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... An overview of Iran's roles in the Caucasus - by Vali Golmohammadi and Hamidreza Azizi, open access with Nationalities Papers
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This is a very interesting paper by Sascha Nanlohy about the impacts of declining oil reserves on rentier states involved in conflicts, with Azerbaijan/Armenia as the principal case study. Stimulating analysis of what might be called 'rentier anxiety'. Recommended
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1... This is a good survey juxtaposing connectivity initiatives in the South Caucasus with the reality of regional fracture, by Farid Guliyev.
brill.com/view/journal... This piece draws on a longer study Mikayel published with Caucasus Survey, get in touch with Mikayel or myself if you don't have access.
evnreport.com/raw-unfilter... Mikayel Zolyan's article about the Soviet-era Armenian football team 'Ararat-73' as a symbol of 'apricot socialism' in Soviet Armenia.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPXI... Full recording of an interview with the renowned Azerbaijani author Akram Aylisli by @tomdewaal.bsky.social and his literary translator Katherine E. Young. Aylisli shares his humanistic and anti-nationalist views, and other memories of a remarkable life.
freebahruzcampaign.org/news/court-s... Incarcerated Azerbaijani academic Bahruz Samadov's appeal court speech from 5 February (in Azerbaijani/ English): "as an academic who promotes peace and coexistence between peoples and states, I should not be [in jail]..."
My new piece for Strategic Europe on why the EU is falling behind in the South Caucasus connectivity race and what it can do about it:
mediamax.am/am/specialpr... Now in Armenian translation - my latest piece for @agosgazetesi.bsky.social with thanks to Ara Tadevosyan and Mediamax
Sure is. Have spent 21 years dedicated to it!
Thank you!
For the last 18 months I’ve been pretty quiet (probably a minor mercy for some), as I’ve been completing the manuscript of the second edition of my book Anatomy of a Rivalry. It’s all but ready for submission, just a final read-through to go…
www.agos.com.tr/tr/haber/erm... Now in Turkish translation - my latest piece for @agosgazetesi.bsky.social with thanks to @yozgatedirnetra.bsky.social
evnreport.com/opinion/hono... On the elusiveness of transparency and the memory politics of Armenia's calamitous defeat in 2020, by @mariatitizian.bsky.social for @evnreport.bsky.social
As always, @laurencebroers.bsky.social has essential reading for understanding and framing the dramatic events happening in Armenia and Azerbaijan: www.agos.com.tr/en/news/old-...
www.agos.com.tr/tr/haber/old... My latest on the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process for @agosgazetesi.bsky.social
[new article, open access] brill.com/view/journal... 'Russian Eco-activists and the Question of Migrant Integration in Yerevan, Armenia', by Shushan Grigoryan
www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do... Now available online and open access: 44-Day War: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Struggle for Nagorno-Karabakh, edited by Vicken Cheterian, to which I contributed a chapter on the diplomacy of the post-2020 period.
www.thersa.org/events/2026/... Happening on 11 February in London: 'The unquiet past: Memory, conflict and the writer’s voice', an evening dedicated to the voice of the remarkable Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli. Tickets are free but you need to register for them.
msh.ulb.ac.be/fr/agenda/co... Tomorrow in Brussels, I'll be participating in a panel discussion about the participation and sustainability in the peace process between Armenia & Azerbaijan at 18.30 at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Details in link, all welcome.
irananalytica.substack.com/p/why-this-r... This is a really useful overview of the current protests in Iran and why they matter, by Hamidreza Azizi
caucasusedition.net/reworking-re... An important collection of essays outlining perspectives on Armenian-Azerbaijani-Turkish relations post-2025, recommended.
www.france24.com/en/europe/20... Thankful that this injustice at least has come to an end. Welcome back to freedom, Laurent!
oc-media.org/opinion-my-f... Gulnara Mehdiyeva hits the nail on the head: "If Armenia & Azerbaijan have initialled a text that condemns intolerance & racial hatred, then jailing a researcher whose work has been about refusing hatred is an error that must be corrected." Bahruz Samadov must be freed.
www.chathamhouse.org/2025/08/us-i... My latest, on the Washington peace summit between Armenia and Azerbaijan.