... involving Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Given its unique geopolitical situation, Armenia could also claim the role of a bridge between Russia and Europe, between the Eurasian Economic Union and the European Union.
Armenia’s potential role in long-term “Greater Caucasus” integration projects is no less important. Given the region’s ethnic and religious diversity, lasting peace and development in the Caucasus are only possible if it is gradually and steadily transformed from a set of states into a ...
A Region Especially Important for Russia
Covering the independent Transcaucasian states and the Russian Transcaucasian republics, the Greater Caucasus today appears to be one of the most turbulent post-Soviet regions. It was the Greater Caucasus that set the precedent of border-change in August 2008 among the former countries of the USSR. Because of the region’s global importance ...
On January 31, 2014 the Russian International Affairs Council held a working session "The Greater Caucasus: Security and Foreign Policy Problems " with participation of Alexander Skakov, leading research fellow and working group coordinator at the Center for Central Asian, Caucasus and Volga-Urals Regional Research at RAS Institute of ...
