South Caucasus: Between Old Conflicts and Uncertain Future
Brief overview and analysis of the current geopolitical position of all countries in the South Caucasus.
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Franz J. M.
Tbilisi, Georgia
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Franz J. Marty is a freelance journalist and Fellow of the Swiss Institute for Global Affairs. Since September 2023, he is based in Tbilisi, Georgia, from where he covers the wider Caucasus region and also keeps an eye on Afghanistan. Between 2014 and 2023, including during the Taliban’s overthrow of the Afghan Republic in August 2021, Franz J. Marty lived and worked in Afghanistan. His work in Afghanistan included exclusive interviews with Taliban and members of the self-declared Islamic State, embeds, as well as unaccompanied investigative reporting from various, at times remote and hostile corners of the country. His articles have been published by, amongst others, the Swiss Institute for Global Affairs, The Diplomat, Inkstick, The Afghanistan Analysts Network, and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He has also done numerous live hits for tv channels such as CNN, DW, and France 24 and radio stations such as BBC World Service and RFI. He can be followed @franzjmarty on Twitter and Bluesky.
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