Author Archive : Afa Alizada
- PACE Subcommittee on Nagorno-Karabakh: An Opportunity for Multi-track Diplomacy
Since brokering a ceasefire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1994, the Organization for Security. . .
Read More - Life in Limbo: The Plight of the Displaced in Azerbaijan
For many, violent conflict and its consequences go far beyond rhetoric or a loss of. . .
Read More - In the Hot Seat
How entrenched are the stereotypes of the “enemy” in Azerbaijani and Armenian societies? Exactly how. . .
Read More - Negotiation without (due) Representation
It is amusing seeing car plates in Washington, DC, where the residents do not have voting representatives in Congress.
Read More - Meddling From Afar: Diasporas’ Role in Conflict Resolution
Diasporas provide the uprooted masses a home away from home and a sense of belonging.. . .
Read More - ‘Outcast’ or The Problem of Re-entry
…Accusations such as “you’re a traitor,” “they brainwashed you,” or “you probably have [insert ethnicity here] relatives, that’s why you sympathize with them” are flung at them from all directions…
Read More - Peace Talks behind the Closed Doors: Facilitating Progress or Ensuring Stalemate?
After every high-level negotiation on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ambiguity
Read More - Between Amnesia and Vengeance: A Path to Reconciliation
“We can never live side by side in peace after the atrocities have perpetrated against. . .
Read More
