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In 2006 the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia]] denied an entry visa to De Waal, who was due to attend in [[Moscow]] the presentation of a Russian version of his book on the conflict in [[Nagorno-Karabakh]], citing a law that says a visa can be refused "in the aims of ensuring state security."<ref>[http://canada.ifex.org/alerts/content/view/full/75465/ British journalist denied entry visa, CJES/IFEX, July 2006]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> De Waal believes that his visa denial was retaliation for his critical reporting about the Russian war in [[Chechnya]].<ref>The St Petersburg Times, "[https://archive.is/20120919031203/http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=18480 Activists, Reporters Also Called a Threat]" by Carl Schreck, 8 August 2006 (Issue # 1193)</ref><ref>De Waal, Thomas. "[https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/barredbymoscow Opinions: Barred by Moscow]" ''Prospect Magazine'', July 2006, issue 124.</ref> De Waal wrote the introduction to [[Anna Politkovskaya]]'s first book in English, ''A Dirty War''. |
In 2006 the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia]] denied an entry visa to De Waal, who was due to attend in [[Moscow]] the presentation of a Russian version of his book on the conflict in [[Nagorno-Karabakh]], citing a law that says a visa can be refused "in the aims of ensuring state security."<ref>[http://canada.ifex.org/alerts/content/view/full/75465/ British journalist denied entry visa, CJES/IFEX, July 2006]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> De Waal believes that his visa denial was retaliation for his critical reporting about the Russian war in [[Chechnya]].<ref>The St Petersburg Times, "[https://archive.is/20120919031203/http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=18480 Activists, Reporters Also Called a Threat]" by Carl Schreck, 8 August 2006 (Issue # 1193)</ref><ref>De Waal, Thomas. "[https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/barredbymoscow Opinions: Barred by Moscow]" ''Prospect Magazine'', July 2006, issue 124.</ref> De Waal wrote the introduction to [[Anna Politkovskaya]]'s first book in English, ''A Dirty War''. |
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The President of the Armenian Academy of Political Research, Professor Alexander Manasyan, in reviewing ''Black Garden'', wrote that de Waal "supports the point of view which is steered by the propaganda machine of [[Baku]]" and "carries out Azerbaijani position by distorting the essence of the problem, masterfully going around all the unfavorable to Azerbaijani position facts and events, skillfully offering lie as believable truth".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ichd.org/?laid=1&com=module&module=static&id=378 |title=Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: on the Frontlines of the Information War, or the Last "Accord" of the Year |last=Manasyan |first=Alexander |date=19 February 2007 |website=[[International Center for Human Development]] |access-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> |
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The book was also criticized by Karen Vrtanesyan, an Armenian expert for the [[Ararat Center for Strategic Research]], as "a banal propaganda but not an objective research on Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict."<ref>"Studies on Strategy and Security", compiled and edited, with an introduction and commentary by Dr Armen Ayvazyan, Yerevan, Lusakn, 2007, 684 pp. , p. 657</ref> Vrtanesyan concludes that "''Black Garden'' is not an unbiased work, neither can its author be considered a neutral observer."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ararat-center.org/index.php?p=11&l=eng |title="The Black Garden": In Search of Imagined Balance |last=Vrtanesyan |first=Karen |website=[[Ararat Center for Strategic Research]] |access-date=29 September 2007}}.</ref> |
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[[Tatul Hakobyan]], an independent Armenian analyst and journalist, wrote that de Waal has quoted [[Serzh Sargsyan]] out of context in the ''Black Garden'' regarding the latter's comments about the [[Khojaly Massacre]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hakobyan|first1=Tatul|authorlink1=Tatul Hakobyan|title=Խոջալուի մասին Սերժ Սարգսյանի խոսքերը Թոմաս դե Վաալը ենթատեքստից դուրս է մեջբերել|url=https://www.aniarc.am/2020/02/26/khojalu-serzh-sargsyan-thomas-de-waal/|website=aniarc.am|language=hy|date=26 February 2018}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
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Revision as of 20:40, 18 May 2021
Thomas de Waal | |
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Born | Nottingham, UK |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Occupation | Journalist |
Notable work | Black Garden (2003) |
Thomas Patrick Lowndes de Waal (born 1966) is a British journalist and writer on the Caucasus. He is best known for his 2003 book Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War.
Life and career
Thomas was born in Nottingham, England. He is the son of Esther Aline (née Lowndes-Moir), a writer on religion, and Anglican priest Victor de Waal. He is the brother of Africa specialist Alex de Waal, barrister John de Waal, and potter and writer Edmund de Waal.
Through his grandmother, Elisabeth de Waal née Ephrussi, Thomas de Waal is related to the Ephrussi family who were wealthy Jewish bankers and art patrons in pre-World War II Europe and whose fortunes started in 19th-century Odessa. He had done some research on the family's Russian branch, and helped in the researches on family history by his brother Edmund de Waal which led to the publication of the book "The Hare with Amber Eyes".
Thomas de Waal graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a First Class Degree in Modern Languages (Russian and Modern Greek).
He has reported for, amongst others, the BBC World Service, the Moscow Times, and The Times.[1] He was a Caucasus editor at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) in London until December 2008, and later as a research associate with the peace-building NGO Conciliation Resources. Currently he is a senior associate in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specialising primarily in the South Caucasus region.[2]
He is the co-author of Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus (New York, 1998) and author of Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War (New York, 2003).[3]
In 2006 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia denied an entry visa to De Waal, who was due to attend in Moscow the presentation of a Russian version of his book on the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, citing a law that says a visa can be refused "in the aims of ensuring state security."[4] De Waal believes that his visa denial was retaliation for his critical reporting about the Russian war in Chechnya.[5][6] De Waal wrote the introduction to Anna Politkovskaya's first book in English, A Dirty War.
Bibliography
- Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of Genocide. Oxford University Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0199350698.
- The Caucasus: An Introduction. Oxford University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0195399769.
- Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus. NYU Press. 1999. ISBN 0814731325.
- Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War. New York University Press. 2003. ISBN 0814719449.
References
- ^ Russia bars UK reporter on security grounds by Oliver Bullough
- ^ Thomas de Waal – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Archived 27 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Awards & Grants: Black garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war". Choice Reviews. American Library Association. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ British journalist denied entry visa, CJES/IFEX, July 2006[permanent dead link]
- ^ The St Petersburg Times, "Activists, Reporters Also Called a Threat" by Carl Schreck, 8 August 2006 (Issue # 1193)
- ^ De Waal, Thomas. "Opinions: Barred by Moscow" Prospect Magazine, July 2006, issue 124.