Back in 1992, when I was a correspondent in Moscow, the French review Sous le Drapeau du Socialisme asked me for an article on developments in Russia and the – then disintegrating – Soviet Union. I wrote it, also publishing a variant in the Greek magazine Tetradia under the title “The global crisis in the former Soviet Union and the ...

There is a serious need for dialogue and cooperation in the South Caucasus. It is clear that achieving peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan after the 44-day Second Karabakh War will be a long process and that serious mediation mission is needed. Moscow took the initiative from the first day, and even during the hottest part of the conflict, a lasting ...