Although the issue of what most of the world calls the Armenian Genocide of 1915 is now a century old, it is still a live and divisive issue that mobilizes Armenians across the world, shapes the identity and politics of modern Turkey, and has consumed the attention of U.S. politicians for years.

U.S. policy toward the Caucasus has undergone a reassessment over the past few years.

Carnegie hosted a meeting with Bruce Jackson, Project on Transitional Democracies; Charles King, Georgetown University; and Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center.