Op-Eds
Short argued pieces on current developments in the region. Op-eds take a clear position and are written for a general readership rather than specialists.
For Contributors
Submission Portal, Glossary & Guidelines
Caucasus Edition welcomes contributions from established researchers as well as emerging analysts and writers. These guidelines help authors write for a shared regional platform while respecting the complex political and social context of the South Caucasus and Turkey.
Submission Portal
Before You Submit
Please read the contributor guidelines before submitting your article.
Accepted Contributions
Policy briefs
Focused examinations of a single issue, setting out the evidence and closing with recommendations for those working on it.
Analytical articles
Researched and referenced analysis to be read outside the discipline from which it comes.
Accepted Themes
The Journal welcomes work on the Caucasus across the following thematic directions:
How conflicts are sustained
Political economies of conflict and cooperation; security arrangements and the interests of external actors; state capacity, institutions, and the space available to civil society; contested resources and environmental pressure.
How conflicts are negotiated
Conflict transformation and the trajectories of settlement; negotiation, mediation, and third-party involvement; normalization as a state project and as a social one; law, rights, and transitional justice.
How conflicts are lived
Historical memory and the politics of narrative; identity under conditions of conflict; borders, and regimes of mobility; displacement, return, and resettlement; media, discourse, and public opinion; generational transmission and change.
Author Style Sheet
Manuscript Formatting
Formatting requirements differ by contribution type. Select a type to open its guide.
Glossary Principles
The Editorial Board works toward a language fit for dialogue: terminology that can support analysis without reproducing hate speech, collective blame, or one-sided political cliches. Authors are asked to follow these principles while recognizing that some cases require careful editorial interpretation.
- Avoid xenophobia, hate speech, language calling for violence, and pejorative descriptions of any side.
- Avoid ethnicizing conflicts or assigning collective guilt to an entire ethnic, national, or social group.
- Use legal, factual, and context-sensitive descriptions for conflict events whenever possible.
- Use simultaneous place names where appropriate and explain naming differences in the text.
- Avoid provocative cliches, enemy-image language, and terms that impede dialogue.
Editorial Note
The Editorial Board strongly recommends that authors adhere to these guidelines when collaborating with the Journal. At the same time, the Journal acknowledges that following every term exactly may not be possible in every context, and reserves for authors and editors a degree of interpretation in applying the glossary.