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The scene of several wars since the collapse of the USSR, the South Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia) remains an unstable zone, at the crossroads of Russian, Turkish, Iranian and European influences.

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The self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh is the subject of an unresolved territorial dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
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Islam, politique et société en Ouzbékistan. Enquête sur le renouveau religieux de la jeunesse ouzbèke

Date de publication
08 January 2024
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This study aims to decipher the complex relationships between politics, Islam, and society in Uzbekistan and, more specifically, the dynamics at work in the religious revival of Uzbek youth.

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The Next Surge of Conflict in the South Caucasus Is Still Preventable

Date de publication
17 October 2023
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The tragic exodus of the Armenian population from the Nagorno Karabakh region has closed a chapter in the long saga of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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Navigating the Storm: ‘OPEC+’ Producers Facing Lower Oil Prices

Date de publication
18 June 2018
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On 22 June 2018, “OPEC+” oil Ministers (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries members and an ad hoc alliance with several non-OPEC producers, notably with Russia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan) will gather in Vienna to discuss the status and future of their production limitation agreement which was initiated in November 2016 and runs until the end of December 2018.

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Germany and the Eastern Partnership after the Ukraine Crisis

Date de publication
29 January 2016
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The conflict in and about Ukraine has catapulted the European Union's Eastern Partnership (EaP) into the limelight of international attention. Belittled as a bureaucratic and technical policy instrument, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the EaP as its Eastern regional dimension have within the course of a few months gained unexpected geopolitical significance. 

The Ukrainian Crisis or the European Misunderstanding

Date de publication
26 June 2014
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The crisis in Ukraine seems at first to be the result of the impact of two misunderstandings of Russian and Western approaches.

An Azeri-Turkish deal on gas - a partnership renewed

Date de publication
29 June 2010
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The package of the Azeri-Turkish gas agreements signed in Istanbul on June 7, 2010, in the presence of President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Recep Erdogan certainly makes cooperation easier in a sector which both parties consider to be strategic. It does not, however, specify all details of the sale and transit of gas (see e.g. EurasiaNet, 7 June). The documents above all have important political significance.

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Islam, politique et société en Ouzbékistan. Enquête sur le renouveau religieux de la jeunesse ouzbèke

Date de publication
08 January 2024
Accroche

This study aims to decipher the complex relationships between politics, Islam, and society in Uzbekistan and, more specifically, the dynamics at work in the religious revival of Uzbek youth.

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The Next Surge of Conflict in the South Caucasus Is Still Preventable

Date de publication
17 October 2023
Accroche

The tragic exodus of the Armenian population from the Nagorno Karabakh region has closed a chapter in the long saga of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

An Azeri-Turkish deal on gas - a partnership renewed

Date de publication
29 June 2010
Accroche

The package of the Azeri-Turkish gas agreements signed in Istanbul on June 7, 2010, in the presence of President Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister Recep Erdogan certainly makes cooperation easier in a sector which both parties consider to be strategic. It does not, however, specify all details of the sale and transit of gas (see e.g. EurasiaNet, 7 June). The documents above all have important political significance.

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