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My piece on the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement -- a big step forward but a long way to go. carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/…

Podcast on state of play between #Armenia and #Azerbaijan. Good questions from Wilberforce Society in Cambridge! open.spotify.com/episode/4rBfnl…

Central and Eastern Europe have made a fundamental transition from reliance on Russian gas. Even if there is a halt to the war in Ukraine, there is no going back. Our latest analysis from Carnegie by Maximilian Hess Max Hess carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/…

🎧 | Turkey & Armenia are divided by decades of unresolved tensions & a closed border. In a new episode of #EuropeInsideOut, Rym Momtaz ريم ممتاز (rmomtaz.bsky.social), Thomas de Waal, & Garo Paylan - Կարօ Փայլան discuss whether both countries can normalize their relations. Listen now: europe-inside-out.simplecast.com/episodes/can-t…

Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan thinks that relying on Russia has been a mistake & he wants to open up to the West, Thomas de Waal said on #EuropeInsideOut. Listen to him, Rym Momtaz ريم ممتاز (rmomtaz.bsky.social), & Garo Paylan - Կարօ Փայլան discuss how Armenia is shifting away from Russia: europe-inside-out.simplecast.com/episodes/can-t…

Here's an essay I wrote for my college magazine about how it took me 35 years to translate Mandelstam's Tristia, the joys and tribulations of poetry translation, and Osip M's amazing mysterious verse, which resonates anew with every generation. heyzine.com/flip-book/flor…

oc-media.org/azerbaijani-re… Outrageous news from Baku as young scholar and peace activist Bahruz Samadov is given a 15-year jail sentence for "treason." Sorry to say I'm told that the news is even worse: Bahruz tried to take his own life by hanging in his cell. He must be freed.