The south Caucasus and Central Asia will be of growing geopolitical significance to the West and NATO over the next 10–15 years because of their potential contribution to global energy supplies and energy security and the risk that conflict and instability could spread beyond the region, invite foreign military intervention, provoke a resurgence of Russian neo-imperialism, redefine the territor...

Vkry variable incubation periods have been given by different observers, making it most difficult to make any definite, authoritative statement on the subject. Thus Ralph Hopkins of Lousiana places it at six to eight years, Besnier says it is usually four years, Iveravel in the Caucasus found it to be three to four years in a few cases where it could be definitely fixed, while Munch of South Ru...

Armenia, situated in the South Caucasus, was one of the first states of the former Soviet Union to gain independence. Fifteen years later however, there are still thousands of people with mental health problems in Armenia who live an uncertain life in a society that does not recognise them as equal members. As in many societies, in Armenia the community’s rejection is based on myths about peopl...