‘Great Britain against Russia in the Caucasus’ is about how the geopolitical relationship between Imperial Britain and Tsarist Russia had a transformative effect on the destinies of Ottoman Turks, Armenians and Azerbaijanis. From the Great War of August 1914, the course of history for these empires and peoples of Transcaucasia, was irrevocably altered and set […]
For most of the 19th Century Great Britain and Tsarist Russia confronted each other in a geopolitical struggle known as the Great Game. During this period Britain supported the Ottoman Empire as a giant buffer state against Russian expansion toward the Mediterranean. But in 1907 the Great Game against Russia was suddenly suspended in the […]
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, has been addressing a Conference in Yerevan to celebrate the lost Treaty of Sevres. He made a statement at that conference praising the lost Treaty of August 1920 and indicated that he would like to see it revived from the dead, presumably to carve up […]
The flare up of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which has resulted in a number of military and civilian deaths and fears of a new war in the region, is all about Armenia and its unbalancing since the coming to power of its present Prime Minister, Nicol Pashinyan. There is a strong tendency in the […]
Alim qondarma erməni soyqırımı haqqında iddiaların çürük olduğunu bildirib ABŞ-da qondarma “erməni soyqırımı” ilə bağlı Türkiyəyə yönəlik qaralama kampaniyası aparan siyasi dairələrə və qeyri-hökumət təşkilatlarına qarşı diaspora xidməti göstərən və 2008-ci ildə Nyu-Yorkda qurulan Türk-Amerikan Təhlükəsizlik Fondu (TASFO) bununla əlaqədar Qərb tarixçiləri ilə reportajlar həyata keçirir. Təşkilatın mövzu ətrafında söhbət apardığı ekspertlərdən biri də irlandiyalı […]
A hundred years ago an event of great geopolitical significance occurred – the fall of Baku and the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Red Army. When the question is asked: why did this happen it is usually answered with an explanation of how it happened, neatly side-stepping the actual issue why? It seems to be […]
The following is the full transcript of an interview I gave to Eurasia Diary and which was published in 2 parts here: https://ednews.net/en/news/interview/426005-irish-historian https://ednews.net/en/news/analytical-wing/426124-irish-historian-not-the-whole-armenian-population-was-relocated-by-ottomans Please explain for us, what was the reality of events which occurred in eastern Anatolia in 1915? On 24th April 1915, which the Armenians commemorate as “Genocide Day,” what happened was […]
Nəriman Nərimanovun Ev Muzeyi Bu il fevral ayının 11-də muzeyimizi Şimali İrlandiyanın Belfast şəhərindən gəlmiş tarixçi və siyasi analitik Patrik Uelşin ziyarət edildiyini bildirmişdik. Ekskursiyadan sonra ziyarətçi Nəriman Nərimanov haqda məqalə üzərində işlədiyini bildirmiş və işi başa çatdırdıqdan sonra həmin materialı bizə göndərəcəyinə söz vermişdi. Hazırda Abu-Dabi (Birləşmiş Ərəb Əmrliyi) əmrliyində yaşayan doktor Uelş mart […]
One hundred years ago this week the Armenian Dashnaks in Erivan presented Bolshevik Russia with a present for Nowruz – a clear road into the Southern Caucasus. This present was designed to take advantage of the Azeris at a moment of their celebrations, catching them by surprise, and deliver them into the hands of Soviet […]
Nariman Narimanov, who was born 150 years ago this April, was a patriotic, humanistic Bolshevik. He was also the major figure who facilitated the Bolshevization of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which began around this time in the same month 100 ago. It may seem strange to some readers to commemorate these two events. After all, […]
