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LINKS Director at the IIEA in Dublin

May 10, 2013 by Editor 0 Comments

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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Dennis Sammut, EU and the South Caucasus, IIEA, South caucasus

Democratisation, modernisation and globalisation – The EU and the hard tasks facing the three South Caucasus nations”

February 15, 2013 by Editor 0 Comments

The European Policy Centre, a leading Brussels think-tank, has just published a policy brief prepared by LINKS Director, Dennis Sammut. Entitled “Democratisation, modernisation and globalisation – The EU and the hard tasks facing the three South Caucasus nations”, the paper looks at shortcomings that need to be addressed by Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as they […]

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dennis Sammut, European Policy Centre, European Union, Georgia, South caucasus

Football helps process of state-building in UAE.

January 19, 2013 by Editor 0 Comments

The National football team of the United Arab Emirates have won this year’s Gulf Cup. An elated nation cheered their team on to victory. In this op-ed Dennis Sammut discusses why football is helping the process of state building in the United Arab Emirates. The success of the National Football team of the United Arab […]

Archive, Gulf Region, Voices

Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dennis Sammut, Dubai, football, Fujairah, Gulf Cup, Sharjah, state-building., UAE, Umm al Quwain

LINKS Director lectures at the Armenian Community centre in Sharjah “In moving forward Armenia must learn from history, but must not be a prisoner of history.”

December 22, 2012 by Editor 0 Comments

LINKS Executive Director Dennis Sammut, on Friday, 21 December was the guest of the Armenian Community of Dubai and the Northern Emirates at an event held at the Armenian Community Centre in the Emirate of Sharjah (UAE). After touring the complex which includes a Church and a school, and meeting the spiritual head of the Community, […]

Armenia, Armenian Community in Dubai and Northern Emirates, Armenian Genocide, Dennis Sammut

The first panel of the conference "The OSCE peacemaking experience: What lessons and challenges for the EU" from left to right: James Nixey (Chatham House), Gunnar Wiegan (Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional co-operation and OSCE at the European External Action Service); Andreii Deshchytsia (Special Represnetative of the incoming Ukrainian Chairmanship of the OSCE), Dennis Sammut (Director, LINKS), Padraig Murphy (Special Representative of the Irish Chairmanship of the OSCE) and Dimitriy Danilov, (Head of the European Security Studies Department, Institute for Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences.) Picture courtesy of the European Policy Centre.

“It is time to convene the Minsk Conference”.

December 11, 2012 by Editor 0 Comments

It has been twenty years since the Minsk Group was established within the framework of the OSCE to mediate a resolution of the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. The group was supposed to prepare the way for the convening of a full conference in Minsk to help bring the conflict to a final resolution. But twenty years […]

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dennis Sammut, European Security, Minsk Process, OSCE

The Panel on Eurasian security at the caspian Forium in Istanbul on 6 December 2012 (picture courtesy of the Caspian Institute).

LINKS representative addresses the 2012 Caspian Forum in Istanbul with a call to the region’s leaders to put people at the heart of policies.

December 7, 2012 by Editor 0 Comments

The first Caspian Forum, a gathering of politicians, officials, representatives of the business community, and representatives of NGOs and think tanks, focusing on issues related to the wider Caspian Region, was held in Istanbul on Thursday 6 December. LINKS was represented by its Director, Dennis Sammut, who was a speaker on the third panel of the […]

Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea, Dennis Sammut, European Union, Turkey

UAE Artist Ebtisalam Abdulaziz, Dr Salwa Mikdadi, and Sultan Sooud al Qassemi at the panel discussion non Nationalism and art organised by the Barjeel Foundation in Sharjah on 30 June 2012.

Barjeel Foundation in Sharjah hosts important discussion on artists and nationalism.

July 2, 2012 by Editor 0 Comments

The Barjeel Art Foundation in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is fast developing a reputation not only for great art exhibitions, but also for stimulating discussions where the message behind the art is discussed and analysed. On Saturday it hosted a discussion on the theme “Drawing Nationalism. Where do Artists belong?” Dennis Sammut attended the event and shares […]

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Art Art and Nationalism, Dennis Sammut, Sultan Sood al Qassemi, UAE