Nationalism

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Armenia

Opinion | Azerbaijan needs an alternative to nationalist militarism

by Bahruz Samadov

•5 min read

As Azerbaijan becomes increasingly aggressive towards Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, civil society must step up and propose a progressive alternative to Baku’s rule — one that challenges the nationalist militarism at its core. Azerbaijan’s ruling regime has been described in various ways, often intensely contradictory. Its turn to authoritarianism in the 2010s has been accompanied by fierce nationalism and increased hatred towards Armenians, which some might argue was a populist move to gain le

circassians

Russia’s war on Circassian national consciousness

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 min read

The Circassian national movement in the North Caucasus has for years been under pressure from the authorities. Facing detention, prosecution, or outright violence, Circassian activists, scholars, and young people all feel the pressure, but there is much disagreement as to why they are being targeted. Over the past few years, leaders of the Circassian national movement in Russia have been subjected to unprecedented pressure and harassment by local and central authorities. The latest inc

Georgia

Leaders of Tbilisi far-right march threaten woman with gang rape

by OC Media

•2 min read

Police in Georgia have opened an investigation into organisers of the recent far-right March in Tbilisi, after a number of them threatened a woman who criticised their movement with rape. Tatia Dolidze, a former Georgian Youth Delegate at the UN, was met with threats of sexual violence and gang rape on Facebook on 17 July, after criticising the organisers and attendees of the xenophobic, ethno-nationalist demonstration. Gia Korkotashvili, a leading figure of the March, Mikheil Amisulas

Adygea

Unambitious state-backed Circassian groups hide a growing nationalism in young Circassians

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•8 min read

Officially sanctioned organisations in what was once historical Circassia work almost exclusively to promote Circassian language and culture. Beneath the surface, however, young people espouse more radical ambitions — recognition of the Circassian Genocide, and creation of a united Circassia. In the village of Kbaada (now the ski-resort of Krasnaya Polyana), 153 years ago, a parade was held by Russian troops marking the end of the Russian Empire’s conquest of the Caucasus. The vast major

Education

Anti-Orbán demonstrators face off with far-right in Tbilisi

by OC Media

•3 min read

Both supporters and opponents of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán greeted the controversial politician with simultaneous demonstrations on 21 April, during an official two-day visit to Tbilisi. Anti-Orbán protesters whistled over Orbán and his attendants, while counter-demonstrators greeted him with excitement, as Orbán and Georgia’s PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili arrived at Courtyard Marriott Hotel for a Georgia–Hungary business forum. The demonstrators were protesting the Hungarian govern