Peace Europe In Italy, a school teaches reconciliation over revenge | View caption Hide caption At a unique school in Italy, students from opposing sides of wars and conflicts live and study together for two years, learning to see their partner’s humanity behind the caricature. Housed in a once-abandoned medieval citadel nestled among Tuscany’s lush…
Compassion Europe Wanted: A humane and sustainable policy on refugees | View caption Hide caption In the United States and Europe, the rising number of refugees is prompting a political backlash. How can a humane policy be made politically sustainable? It was that the economically developed nations of the West are facing migration pressures that…
First Look Karabakh dissolves separatist government amid exodus, crackdowns The breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh government will cease to exist by next year, after Azerbaijan’s invasion last week. Ethnic Armenians are fleeing Karabakh in fear of civilian reprisals, raising concerns of ethnic cleansing. | View caption Hide caption | Ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh said on Thursday they were…
Safety Europe Armenians flee victorious Azerbaijani troops in Nagorno-Karabakh | View caption Hide caption Thousands of ethnic Armenians are not waiting to see whether they can trust the Azerbaijani troops who seized their enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh last week. They are fleeing their homes despite pledges of fair treatment from their historic enemies. More than 19,000…
Peace Europe With world distracted, Azerbaijan tries to stamp out Karabakh separatists | View caption Hide caption Russia has long maintained the status quo in the Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan. But Moscow no longer appears willing to do so, and Azerbaijanis are taking the region back by force. Azerbaijan described its lightning operation…
Azerbaijan launched military action in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, a step that could presage a new war in the volatile area but which Baku said was necessary to restore constitutional order and drive out Armenian military formations. Karabakh is internationally recognized as Azerbaijani territory but part of it is run by breakaway ethnic Armenian authorities who…
