Azerbaijani born artist Ulivi Pepinova creates glass paintings inspired by natural minerals and images of earth taken from space. She is also a board member at Vatan (International Society of the Meskhetian Turks), External Communications Officer of Conservative Friends of Turkey and has just launched the Chelsea Young Writers Club for children. On the eve of the opening of an exhibition […]
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LINKS Director at the IIEA in Dublin
Dennis Sammut, Director of LINKS Analysis was the keynote speaker at an event held on Wednesday, 8 May 2013 at the Institute for International and European Affairs in Dublin on the theme “Juggling Priorities: peace, modernisation and democratisation in the South Caucasus”. Listen to the podcast of the talk here
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LINKS Director chairs EPC Policy Dialogue on Iran’s Nuclear stand-off and its regional role.
Iran’s nuclear stand-off and its regional role was the theme of a policy dialogue organised by the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels on 8 April 2013. LINKS Director, Dennis Sammut chaired a panel of experts which included Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian Armenian Council; Savas Genc, Professor of International Relations at Fatih University in Istanbul; Walter Posch, Senior […]
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Public Diplomacy: Georgian Folk Ensemble Ersioni entertains Kremlin.
The Georgian Folk Ensemble “Ersioni” was earlier this month given a standing ovation when it performed in the Kremlin, a sure sign of the thaw in Georgian-Russian Relations. Since the election of Bidhzina Ivanishvili as prime Minister last October the two sides have moved to resolve some of the outstanding issues between them. However restoration […]
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“Re: Orient” – Sharjah Exhibition explores the limits of political and social boundaries, past and present.
Dennis Sammut has been to Sharjah for the opening of the exhibition Re: Orient, an on-going political and social conversation through art. The United Arab Emirates is not exactly a hotbed of political intrigue. Despite the fact that several dozen people are currently on trial for anti-State activities, most citizens prefer to concentrate their efforts on business […]
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Azerbaijan at the crossroads. Unusually frank and open discussion in Brussels on EU-Azerbaijan relations and the way forward.
Officials and experts discuss problems in EU-Azerbaijan relations and the way forward at an unusually frank and open discussion in Brussels. The European Policy Centre in Brussels and the SAM, the Strategic Studies centre under the Presidential Administration in Azerbaijan hosted a round table discussion in Brussels on Tuesday, 4 March 2013 with the theme […]
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COMMONSPACE.EU: news, analysis and comments on events in and around the Caucasus Region. Updated Daily.
Commonspace.eu is a collaborative project between LINKS and partners in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, with particular emphasis on developments related to the conflicts and conflict resolution processes in the Caucasus Region. Our partners are signatories to a voluntary code of conduct aimed at improving standards of reporting and developing mutual respect whilst dealing with topics […]
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