Armenia Archives - Page 22 of 47 - Onnik James Krikorian - Journalist, Photojournalist, Consultant

Armenia-Azerbaijan: The Risks for Georgia

Oct 27, 2020 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, Georgia, Minorities, Nagorno Karabakh, Radicalisation

Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso has published my latest update on how the 2020 Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan might affect Georgia’s two largest ethnic minorities. In 2016, OpenDemocracy published a similar piece of mine following the 4-day war. Local ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani civil society activists warn that radicalisation among some individuals in the two communities continues, but that the situation still nonetheless remains relatively calm. This is an issue that does need to be monitored, however.

Another Year, Another One Caucasus

Oct 11, 2017 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Music

After covering last year’s One Caucasus Festival for Meydan TV there was no way I was going to miss this year’s. That was just as well as there was definitely more international media interest in the event that brings Armenians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians together in a small, somewhat isolated village located about two hours away from Tbilisi.

Woodstock in the South Caucasus

Sep 11, 2017 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Music

Stratfor has published my text and photographs on the One Caucasus Festival held in the village of Tserakvi in Georgia. It’s aim is to bring together young Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian musicians and other artists to work together to build a common image of a united and peaceful region.

Alternative and Counter-Narratives in the Karabakh Conflict

Jul 8, 2017 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh, Radicalisation

No sooner than I’m back from Yerevan, where I presented my work on alternative and counter narratives in the context of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in general, than yet another exchange of fire has left innocent civilians dead on the Line of Contact (LoC) separating Karabakh forces, which include a significant number of conscripts from Armenia, and the Azerbaijani military.

Tbilisi: A Regional Hub for Alternative Music in the South Caucasus?

Jun 2, 2017 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Music

Having moved from the UK to Armenia in 1998 to work for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) it was only natural that I started to take an interest in an alternative music scene that, while not really existing, was emerging at the time. From 2001 onwards the situation started to change, and bands such as Gyumri’s The Bambir really grabbed my attention. By the mid-2000s other bands started to emerge and those that had been dormant during the electricity shortages of the 1990s began to re-surface.

Unlikely Neighbours: Ethnic Armenian-Azeri Coexistence in Georgia

Jun 2, 2017 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Minorities, Nagorno Karabakh

With peace still looking elusive, and all signs pointing to the possibility of renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, Stratfor recently published my photo story on ethnic Armenian-Azeri coexistence in Georgia.

Unlikely Neighbours: Ethnic Armenian-Azerbaijani Coexistence in Georgia

May 10, 2017 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Minorities, Nagorno Karabakh

Ethnic Armenians in Tsopi, Georgia, one of a few villages co-inhabited with ethnic Azerbaijanis @ Onnik James Krikorian First published by Stratfor. as part of my work on ethnic Armenian-Azerbaijani coexistence in Georgia also published by the BBC and Radio Free...

On Aggregate: Champions Without a Home

Oct 6, 2016 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh, Sport

After nearly 19 years of communicating online, I finally managed to meet Thomas Goltz, the American writer and journalist best known for his Azerbaijan Diary, Chechnya Diary, and Georgia Diary books. I also managed to interview him for the BBC’s Azerbaijan Service on his latest project, On Aggregate: Champions Without a Home, the story of Azerbaijan’s Qarabagh-Aghdam football team which has been unable to play home games since 1993 when their city was captured by Armenian forces during the conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh.

Woodstock Without Borders: One Caucasus Festival

Sep 11, 2016 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Music

I’ve been meaning to attend the annual One Caucasus festival since it started three years ago, but this year’s event, held 25-28 August in the Georgian village of Tserakvi, was the first time that I have. Naturally, I put together two video reports, in Azerbaijani for the BBC’s Azeri Service, embedded further down this page, and in English for Meydan TV, directly below.

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