Phil Champain is Director of Programmes at International Alert. He has worked in the Caucasus, Nepal, Liberia and Sri Lanka, facilitating dialogue between conflicting parties and has also written widely on economic aspects of conflict resolution.

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Accord Issue 17: Nagorny Karabakh

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