To everyone who’s still not quite sure what is happening in 🇬🇪 right now, and why the events unfolding on the ground are truly unprecedented, or why the struggles of the Georgian people should even matter to those in Western capitals, here’s a (belated) not-so-short recap 🧵

libstc.cc/#/stc/id.nexus… [new article, free access] This link takes you through to a PDF download of Phil Gamaghelyan and Sevil Huseynova's recent article on challenges to building alternatives to ethno-nationalism in #Armenia + #Azerbaijan

DESTRUCTION ALERT: Between December 28, 2023 and April 4, 2024, St. John the Baptist church (S. Hovhannes Mkrtich), a 177 year old landmark in Shusha was destroyed, Azerbaijan’s most egregious violation yet of a December 2021 @ICJ order (tinyurl.com/yr7jvd3r). 1/3

brill.com/view/journals/… [new article, paywalled] Impact of #Türkiye ’s Dam Construction on the Water Resources of Transboundary Aras River Basin in #Iran , by Shabnam Dadparvar, Vali Kaleji, Seyedeh Zahra Ghoreishi, and Hojjat Mianabadi

brill.com/view/journals/… [new article, paywalled] Cost of a Policy: Social Trust and Health Insurance Uptake in #Azerbaijan and Emerging Markets, by Turkhan Sadigov