... started mounting within European institutions. Formally, the European Commission praised the success of the reforms carried out in Georgia under EU programs, but it also noted that Tbilisi had refused time and again to act as an agent for the West in the South Caucasus, a region neighboring Russia. Georgian authorities were adamant that national interests dictated the principle of non-interference in the power struggles between the world’s major players, while Georgia’s Western partners, on the contrary,...
... Iranian-Armenian border for decades, and this presence has never posed a threat to Iran's security. Tehran might be using the Zangezur Corridor issue as a pretext to express its dissatisfaction with Russia over issues unrelated to the Caucasus.
The South Caucasus is a battleground for competing international powers such as Russia, Turkey, and the West. Given its geographical proximity and complex history, the region’s national, ethnic, and geopolitical interests intersect with those of Iran, leading ...
The goal of the round table was to discuss Russia’s and Iran’s approaches to security and economic development in the South Caucasus. The meeting was attended by leading experts from Russia and Iran
On July 31, 2024, a closed round table “Russia and Iran: Approaches Towards Security and Economic Development in the South Caucasus Region” was held. Russian International ...
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RIAC Director General Ivan Timofeev and AIR Center Chairman Farid Shafiyev stressed that the RAEC format and its annual meetings demonstrate the relevance and timeliness of this project, all the more so in the period of post-conflict development in the South Caucasus. They also emphasized the importance of direct contacts between experts from Russia and Azerbaijan with a view to strengthening bilateral relations and sharpening the understanding of approaches to issues on each other’s global and regional ...
On the intertwined interests of regional and external powers in South Caucasus
Caucasus: turbulence in the shadow of Ukraine
These days, the Caucasus has been pushed to the margins of the international agenda and the media narrative by developments in and around Ukraine. However, the importance of geopolitical transformations ...
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The fundamental basis of Armenia’s foreign policy, both under the leadership of Kocharyan-Sargsyan and in the Pashinyan era, has been the confidence in Armenia’s absolute security. This is a seeming paradox, given both recent developments in the South Caucasus as well as Yerevan’s official statements about the existential threats hanging over it. However, many years of daily observation of the rhetoric and actions of the Armenian authorities suggest that the zero point in every foreign policy ...
India become an actor capable of determining processes in the South Caucasus, not only influencing them
The current transformation of the world order is accompanied by the growth and rise of new centers of power that are expanding the scope of their presence. One of these centers is India, which has become one ...
Russia can rest assured that all formal and informal agreements with Azerbaijan
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An epilogue for Karabakh
On September 20, 2023, a historic event took place. Its scale and impact on the future of South Caucasus and Russia’s policy in this region has yet to be comprehended. The separatist hotbed in Karabakh, which had been supported by Armenia militarily, diplomatically and financially for 32 years, declared itself liquidated following a one-day ...
... “binding” them to Russia, but by inevitable retaliation.
Ultimately, nowhere outside Europe does Russia encounter the phenomenon of anti-Russian consolidation as a historically important factor in domestic and foreign policy. This means that in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, Moscow’s concern in the future may be only the internal problems of its neighbours, but not their aggressive behaviour towards Russia. The way relations between them are developing now, while Russia is really solving ...
... 1990s has gone from strength to strength. Opportunities for Turkey and Azerbaijan to collectively exert pressure on Armenia (military, political and diplomatic) and Georgia (in terms of economic cooperation) have expanded. Russia’s hegemony in the South Caucasus has been challenged. At the same time, the Turkish strategy of strengthening its positions in Eurasia has created additional tensions in Ankara’s relations with its NATO allies and with Iran.
However, the events of 2020 did not lead to ...
