Caucasus Dialogues
| International Alert | 2011
International Alert is proud to present the first in a series of short analytical articles on topical current affairs from the Caucasus region, with a specific focus on the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.
In May 2011, the Georgian parliament passed a resolution recognising as ‘genocide’ the forced deportations of Circassian peoples during the Russian-Caucasus war of 1763-1864. We invited Inal Khashig, Editor of the Independent Newspaper ‘Chegemskaya Pravda’, and Ivlian Haindrava, Director of the South Caucasus Studies Program at the Tbilisi-based Republican Institute, to share their thoughts on the significance of the resolution. Please find the articles below:
- Inal Khashig : The politics behind the Georgian parliament’s recognition of the Circassian genocide (English/Russian)
- Ivlian Haindrava: Georgia’s recognition of the Circassian genocide in the context of Georgian-Abkhaz-Russian relations (English/Russian)
Since 2008, International Alert has facilitated a ‘Dialogue through research’ process whereby Georgian and Abkhaz experts have commissioned each other to research certain aspects of the conflict in order to engage in joint analysis and public debate, to promote a new way of thinking about the conflicts in the "new realities" following the August 2008 war and subsequent recognition by Russia of Abkhazia as an independent state. Summaries of this research are available on International Alert’s publications page, on themes of:
- Security guarantees in the Georgian-Abkhaz context;
- International engagement;
- The politics of non-recognition;
- The de-isolation of Abkhazia.
Sprache | English
Caucasus Dialogues