Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 11/2010

Armenia and Turkey: Bridging the Gap

Thomas de Waal

October 2010

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Abstract

One year ago, Armenia and Turkey began a historic rapprochement and signed two protocols on normalizing their relations. Unfortunately, the process stalled in April. In an updated policy brief, Thomas de Waal argues that the protocols-the most positive initiative in the South Caucasus for many years-must be kept alive as the process still has the potential to transform the region.