Region: Caucasus

For most of Russia’s neighbours, the conflict between Moscow and Kiev opens up great opportunities

A path forward would be to strengthen the strategic alliance between Russia and Armenia, with the aim of preventing Turkey, and by extension NATO, from establishing any domination in the post-Soviet…

No matter how well the cooperation between Ankara and Kiev may develop, Erdogan will not forget about the “intermediary” role between Ukraine and Russia

Although Moscow’s position in the region remains firm, Kremlin elites are becoming increasingly wary of Ankara’s efforts to project its influence along Russian borders

Armenia needs to explore what it wants to get from cooperation with China and what it has to offer to Beijing

The discussion focused on the following issues: the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, relations between Russia and Georgia in the context of challenges in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and prospects for…

On July 14, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council and representatives of the International Crisis Group held an online roundtable discussion focusing on the crisis situation in the post-war…

On July 1, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held an expert meeting on low-carbon development strategies of Russia and Armenia. The event was held under the Chatham House Rule

On June 22, 2021, an online meeting was held on the prospects for resolving the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh

The Southern vector of Moscow’s balancing act: what awaits it in years to come?

On June 10, 2021, the Carnegie Endowment in Washington D.C. hosted an online international expert roundtable on the situation in the South Caucasus region and the role of external players in this…

On May 24, 2021, Russian International Affairs Council and Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center, Azerbaijan) held a closed meeting on the  prospects for…