Panel hosted at Frontline Club in Paddington, London.

Panel speakers:

• Tom de Waal, Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe, journalist with over 30 years of experience covering the Caucasus, author of The End of the Near Abroad (2024), The Caucasus: An Introduction (2010) and Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War (2003)
• Grigor Atanesian, BBC journalist and BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker (Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone)
• Shujaat Ahmadzada, Baku-based independent researcher focused on conflict transformation and security and foreign policies of South Caucasus countries

Moderator:

• Victor Topouria, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Topouria Group

"Uneasy Peace in the South Caucasus" The panel brought together leading experts to examine the fragile new order taking shape in one of the world's most contested corridors. The discussion covered the aftermath of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and the US-brokered peace agreement, Georgia's democratic backslide, the pressures of two surrounding conflicts (Ukraine and Iran wars), Russia's declining influence in the region, and the question of whether Europe can secure a region in which it has significant interests regarding energy and trade connectivity with Asia.