Emotions are running high in the Caucasus this fall. And, as if the usual deafening fanfare of the World Cup soccer qualifying games was not enough, this year's games between Armenia and Turkey are an integral part of the "Soccer Diplomacy" initiative by the presidents of Armenia and Turkey. Tying...

A year has passed since both major parties in United States politics held their nominating conventions. Looking back on the rancorous, contentious presidential election last year with the benefit of hindsight being 20-20, among the factors that made it truly special and the most important in recent memory, is the...

When Israeli President Shimon Peres visits Azerbaijan in late June this year, it will be exactly one month from the May 28 Azerbaijan Republic Day celebrations. This bears an almost inescapable symbolism as Azerbaijan's national day marked the 91st anniversary of the establishment of the first parliamentary democracy with the...