News stories by Karl Rahder
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27 Dec 2011
Azerbaijan: The Government Campaign Against Dissent
While 2011 saw activists and the opposition challenging the government in Azerbaijan, public response was muted and unrest kept in check. The number of political prisoners increased, and looks set to rise into 2012. More -
18 Nov 2010
The Black Garden
As peace negotiations stall, Nagorno-Karabakh continues to fuel the fire of Armenian-Azerbaijani rivalry and is showing few signs of moving beyond its contested past. More -
18 Nov 2010
On Turkey, Armenia, Genocide
Nagorno Karabakh Foreign Minister Georgi Petrosyan discusses Turkish relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan and the implications for the self-declared republic. More -
18 Nov 2010
Status and Negotiations
The final status of Nagorno-Karabakh is more intractable than any other element of the negotiations that have dragged on for years; indeed, the process remains a dynamic one. More -
18 Nov 2010
Parlay with Petrosyan
The status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh lingers, despite international involvement. The self-declared republic’s foreign minister discusses the situation on the ground. More -
7 Jun 2010
Azerbaijan Grapples With New Media Freedom
With elections coming up, the government of Azerbaijan may have reason to fear new freedoms provided by the internet's social networking tools, Karl Rahder writes for ISN Security Watch. More -
26 Apr 2010
Alienating Azerbaijan?
US relations with Azerbaijan, its key Caspian strategic ally, have plummeted to a new low in recent weeks, punctuated by a wave of anti-American sentiment in the Azerbaijani press after several months of messages from Washington, some oblique and others more direct, Karl Rahder writes for ISN Security Watch. More -
25 May 2009
Dysfunctional Georgia
Georgia festers under political crisis as the opposition seeks the resignation of a stubborn Saakashvili, Karl Rahder reports from Tbilisi for ISN Security Watch. More -
9 Jun 2008
Troubled elections in Macedonia
Early parliamentary elections in Macedonia give the ruling coalition a landslide victory but leave one dead and others wounded. More -
8 Oct 2007
Ukraine: Tymoshenko on top
Yulia Tymoshenko's wild ride from dismissal as prime minister two years ago to a stunning return in last week's elections makes her the woman of the hour, with speculation that she could be the next president. More -
25 May 2007
Azerbaijan: Journalists, beware
A series of arrests and prison sentences for charges that include terrorism have journalists in Azerbaijan wondering if there is any sort of future for a free press. More -
26 Apr 2007
Iran: Stifling the Azeri minority
Trouble is brewing in Iran's 'Southern Azerbaijan' as the government targets Azeri human rights activists and cracks down on what some view as the Azeri ethnic minority's struggle for more democracy and human rights, and what others call separatism. More -
19 Apr 2007
The 'Southern Azerbaijan' problem
Azeris make up roughly 24 percent of Iran's population and Tehran is worried about just whose side they are on as rumors of US infiltration are taken seriously, complicating Azerbaijan's own foreign policy outlook. More -
22 Feb 2007
Azerbaijan looks westward
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23 Aug 2006
Assassination, scandal taints Baku
The accused leader of a murder-for-hire ring confesses to killing an opposition journalist and implicates a former government minister. More -
7 Aug 2006
OSCE bombshell reveals Karabakh position
The OSCE Minsk Group's announcement on the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave is close to Armenia's position and spells bad news for Azerbaijan. More
