A Held Line

A clipped pulse hardens into resolve, then opens with stubborn warmth.

Press play. Keep listening on s0nd.

https://s0nd.com/t/094aeef4-3

#s0nd #NowPlaying #MusicDiscovery #powerelectronics #Caucasus #1980s #Instrumental

[Commentary] #EUNeighbourhood: How #Europeans can support the south #Caucasus’s last democracy, by @mariasimeonova.bsky.social | @ecfr.eu
www.pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/opinion-anal...

"The #russian terrorist state is the threat stirring things up in the #Caucasus!" 🤔

From t.me/pravdaGerash...

#Russia continues threatening #Armenia:

"The worst thing that could happen to #Armenia is for it to turn into a new #Ukraine," #Medvedev warned.

#Svaneti #Georgia #Caucasus – Conflicts in the transition between tradition and modernity against the backdrop of tourism developments #architecture and #landscape #fujixt30 #fujifilm #fujixseries #fujiphotography
stefanapplisphotography.de/svaneti-geor...

Georgia 🇬🇪
SW Asia
#Caucasus
#Mountains

JUST IN: Russia backed South Ossetia elects former Russian official Marat Kambolov as president

Kambolov ~85% in occupied Tskhinvali vote; Georgia/EU call it illegal/null (Reuters/Civil.ge).

🟣🗞️ #SouthOssetia #Georgia #Russia #Caucasus #Tskhinvali

Petre Tsiskarishvili: Trying to erase centuries of Georgian identity overnight? Not gonna fly. The Kremlin's plan is doomed.

Watch the full episode:
Youtube: youtu.be/tKE_71ZJEvY
Spotify: h1.nu/1DnUT
Apple Podcasts: h1.nu/1Dmmi
#Georgia #Caucasus #Geopolitics #Kremlin #GeorgianDream

⭐️ CESS Book Award Nominee Spotlight ⭐️
📕 Azerbaijani Literature and the Gendered Narratives of Nationhood: Weaving Identities (Routledge, 2025) by Shafag Dadashova

👉️ Read the full spotlight on the CESS website: buff.ly/13zYM0N

#cessbookaward #centraleurasia #eurasianstudies #caucasus #bookaward

CatchOfTheDay
#OpenAccess
#MENAdoc:

"Die Mongolen und ihre Eroberungen in Kaukasischen und Kleinasiatischen Ländern im XIII. Jahrhundert" by Georg Altunian

[Berlin: Ebering, 1911]

dx.doi.org/10.25673/109...

#mongols #empire #caucasus #history

Forthcoming book! By Naïra Sahakyan and the IFI's Shamil Shikhaliev, this book shows the turbulence of 1917 Dagestan via the work of Muslim intellectual ʿAlī al-Ghumuqī, containing both scholarship on and translations of his works:

www.lockwoodpress.com/product-page...

#Dagestan #History #Caucasus

Launch of #Caucasia: #Journal of Pre-Modern History of the #Caucasus, a new open-access, peer-reviewed journal edited by our @imafo-oeaw.bsky.social -colleague Benedetta Contin and Giorgio Rota from the @oeaw.bsky.social Institute for Iranian Studies.

www.aup-online.com/content/jour...

Mestia 3-Day Plan: Day 1 Explore Towers, Day 2 Chalaadi Glacier, Day 3 High-altitude Ushguli. Start here: #Itinerary #Caucasus #Hiking

Azerbaijan is a beautiful country in a complex region-but there are good news:

#azerbaijan #baku #caucasus #travel #geopolitics

substack.com/@theeasterns...

Blueberry cheesecake in

#Yerevan #Armenia #Caucasus #Travel #Cheesecake

theeasternsociety.substack.com

Examining Armenia’s tense relations with Russia #caucasus #yerevan
oc-media.org/podcast-exam...

Recent tragedy you prob didn't hear about is avalanche near #Caucasus PushkinPeak that killed 13 climbers;
Well, supposedly elite #Russia troops were among those, so only a tragedy to degree other, innocent civilians had to perish

I’ve written about the whole trip in the latest TripsAndThat blog on Substack:

tripsandthat.substack.com/p/georgia-tr...

#Georgia #Tbilisi #VisitGeorgia #Kazbegi #Caucasus

Your Monday pop of color and design in the details of this early 20thc handwoven Kazak wool rug

#art #antique #antiqueart #antiquerug #kazakrug #caucasus #kazakh #kazak #antiquecarpet #langtrygallery #classicdecor #homedecor #interiordesign #arte #kunst #tapiskazak #tapisancien #antikerteppich