Nov 1, 2015

BBC Azeri: Azerbaijani Carpets Rewoven

reWoven Exhibition, Europe House, Tbilisi, Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

Last week BBC Azeri published my video report on reWoven, a sustainable development project to revive and sustain the art of traditional carpet weaving among Georgia’s ethnic Azeri minority. I had interviewed Ryan Smith, reWoven’s founder, over a month ago during an exhibition of some of the carpets made as part of the project, but only got to visit one of the villages where some of the weavers live last weekend.

My video report (above) is in Azerbaijani, but reWoven’s website in English is here.

reWoven Exhibition, Europe House, Tbilisi, Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

Iormughanlo (Qarachop), Georgia © Onnik James Krikorian 2015

Armenia-Azerbaijan Dialogue – Flogging a Dead Horse?

Mar 7, 2025

Even though many believed a second Trump presidency was unlikely or even impossible, his re-election last November demonstrated how many people prefer to favour dreams over reality, transforming fears into self-fulfilling prophecies. This is a situation that can best describe how Track II diplomacy in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict has been conducted over time.

Can Pashinyan’s “Real Armenia” Satisfy both Baku and Armenian voters?

Mar 5, 2025

The Center of Analysis of International Relations has just published my latest on the continuing impasse and discussion on Baku’s demand to remove the current preamble to Armenia’s Constitution that I’ve been consistently covering since late January last year. This has also includes pieces mentioning attempts by various commentators in Armenia and Azerbaijan including AIR’s Farid Shafiyev.