Lorenzo Riva

Lorenzo Riva is a 22-year-old university student in Milan, Italy, studying historical sciences. His writing focuses on the politics, history and society of Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Youth

The question of Nakhichevan’s autonomy

For decades, Nakhichevan has occupied a peculiar position. The exclave is an autonomous republic within Azerbaijan, a status established during…

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Youth

A glimpse into the Assyrian community of Armenia

Armenia is the most homogenous country in the post-Soviet world, with 98% of its citizens identified as ethnic Armenians. Nevertheless,…

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Youth

A prelude of Ottoman genocides: The tragedy of Thracian Bulgarians

Thrace is a historical region in the southeastern Balkans, bounded by the Maritsa River, the Aegean Sea, the Black Sea,…

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Op-Eds

How an Armenian church has become a propaganda tool in Azerbaijan

In the center of Baku, shadowed by 19th-century buildings and modern skyscrapers, stands a small church silently amid the urban…

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History

Turkey’s last Armenian village, Vakef, endures – but for how long?

The Hamidian massacres, the Adana carnage and the Armenian Genocide were responsible for the near-total erasure of the millennia-old Armenian…

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Op-Eds

Why Azerbaijan won’t intervene in Iran — and what it might do instead

Since Dec. 28, 2025, a severe economic crisis has sparked anti-government protests across the Islamic Republic of Iran, questioning the…

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History

The forgotten Armenian past of Crimea

Since 2014, Russia has promoted a nationalist and irredentist narrative portraying Crimea as “historically Russian land,” using it to justify…

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Op-Eds

The Vatican’s quiet alignment with Azerbaijan

International relations are driven by realpolitik and national interests, often at the expense of moral integrity. Western countries, which portray…

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Analysis

“Monoethnic” Armenia vs. “Multiethnic” Azerbaijan: Analysis of a baseless juxtaposition

In recent years, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his autocratic regime have sought to demonize Armenia by portraying it as…

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Op-Eds

Pashinyan must be held accountable for Armenia’s catastrophe

Since the 44-day war, the Armenian government has been frequently criticized for its foreign policy — especially toward Azerbaijan —…

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