David Bagdasar @David_Bagdasar
My main interests are history, philosophy & psychology, but my Twitter account is mostly focused on The Caucasus. Incapable of being grammatically coherent. Joined April 2015-
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It's not about "cancel culture" because it's not about "culture." It's about a threat of legal retaliation by a government agency for not obeying a government edict. It's state repression, not social sanction.
“No off ramp”
I’ve been permanently banned from entering Georgia for my journalistic work. At the airport, I was fined 10,000 GEL and denied entry. This threatens my ability to finish my master’s degree. Press freedom and education should not come at the cost of exile.
Our next meeting will discuss the Trump-backed summit and declaration of steps toward a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and what it implies for both countries and the region. Join us with experts Hamida Giyasbayli and @Sukiasian_Narek.
A few thoughts on the Armenia-Azerbaijan 'peace deal' that was 'signed' in Washington, DC a few days ago. Short version: it changes less than it leaves unchanged from previous meetings. ✍️
News from @bahruz_samad: He met his grandmother today. He told her that since the peace treaty was signed, being unjustly kept in prison hurts him even more now. He said he cannot find peace for himself in the cell. So far, once while being held at the State Security Service…
As one person once told me - when people read the text of this treaty, they will probably wonder: why did it take so long to develop and agree on something so basic? After so many wars, deaths and displacement.
As one person once told me - when people read the text of this treaty, they will probably wonder: why did it take so long to develop and agree on something so basic? After so many wars, deaths and displacement.
It almost certainly won’t have disastrous consequences. There’s no good reason to think this conflict will drag out more than a few weeks. Iran sending a few missiles to save face isn’t going to escalate the situation into a greater war.
It almost certainly won’t have disastrous consequences. There’s no good reason to think this conflict will drag out more than a few weeks. Iran sending a few missiles to save face isn’t going to escalate the situation into a greater war.
Write to your local MPs if you’re living abroad. Bahruz was no threat to the regime and they jailed him because it was the convenient thing to do. Make it so his imprisonment is more of an inconvenience to the regime than his release.
Write to your local MPs if you’re living abroad. Bahruz was no threat to the regime and they jailed him because it was the convenient thing to do. Make it so his imprisonment is more of an inconvenience to the regime than his release.
It also kept quite and celebrated Yoga Day in the years it’s neighbour Iran was funding & arming groups like Hezbollah, Hamas & The Houthis…
It also kept quite and celebrated Yoga Day in the years it’s neighbour Iran was funding & arming groups like Hezbollah, Hamas & The Houthis…
Bahruz Samadov has been sentenced to 15-year imprisonment.
The prosecutor has demanded a 16-year prison sentence for Bahruz Samadov, a political prisoner in Azerbaijan #FreeBahruz
Holy cow! Elon Musk’s Grok AI literally thinks Trump is a Russia asset. “I estimate a 75-85% likelihood Trump is a Putin-compromised asset, leaning toward the higher end due to the consistency of his behavior and the depth of historical ties.” — Grok x.com/i/grok/share/W…
Idiocracy meets crystal meth
Idiocracy meets crystal meth
i’ve never seen a country work so hard to undermine its own alliances
At the time of the Karabakh blockade, a risk analyst asked me at an event here in London what would happen next. I said it was going to end in all Armenians being forced to leave. The analyst disagreed saying Mr Aliyev wouldn't get away with it. But he did and he would again.
At the time of the Karabakh blockade, a risk analyst asked me at an event here in London what would happen next. I said it was going to end in all Armenians being forced to leave. The analyst disagreed saying Mr Aliyev wouldn't get away with it. But he did and he would again.

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