RIAC at South Caucasus Security Seminar in Reichenau (Austria)

On November 8–11, 2018, a seminar on regional security in the South Caucasus was held in Reichenau (Austria). The theme of the seminar was «South Caucasus: Leveraging Political Change in a Context of Strategic Volatility».

On November 8–11, 2018, a seminar on regional security in the South Caucasus was held in Reichenau (Austria). The theme of the seminar was «South Caucasus: Leveraging Political Change in a Context of Strategic Volatility». The event was organized by Austrian National Defence Academy, “Partnership for Peace” consortium of defense academies and security studies institutes, General Directorate for Security of the Ministry of Defense of Austria, and Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, an independent think tank.

In the course of four panel discussions, representatives of the South Caucasus, EU, and Russia discussed political changes in the South Caucasus; the attitude of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and South Ossetia to security in the region; the vision of great powers and prospects for peace, as well as crisis management and conflict resolution.

Ruslan Mamedov, RIAC Program Assistant, made a report in the framework of the third session devoted to the vision of the great powers and prospects for peace.