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What are the Outcomes of the Russia, Iran, and Azerbaijan Meeting? Limited Triangle Yulia Sveshnikova: Ousting the JCPOA Vladimir Putin’s visit to Tehran on November 1, 2017, was held in connection with a trilateral meeting of the leaders of Russia, Iran, and Azerbaijan. The politicians met up ...
... Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, end of the war in Ukraine, reduction of tensions over the nuclear deal with Iran, and Turkey's heated relations with the West. - Andrey Vadimovich, how do you assess the prospects for the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia on the fields of the UN General Assembly? - Any meeting between high representatives of these two countries is very important, since contacts, exchange of positions, comparison of viewpoints, perhaps the establishment of relations ...
... single CIS market. It appears that Ukraine is stepping up economic cooperation within the CIS to offset the losses suffered due to the termination of its cooperation with Russia. Sergey Minasyan: Hard Times for Multivectorism in Post-Soviet Space: Azerbaijan between Russia and the West Initially, the CIS not only participated in economic activities, but also was actively involved in peacekeeping efforts such as putting an end to the civil war in Tajikistan or preventing another war in Abkhazia....
... seeking ‘understanding’ and support in Brussels, the political elite in Chisinau is gradually coming to follow Yerevan’s path. For Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko trying to be different — including with the financial support of Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan — but it’s becoming obvious that his potential is melting, too. Kazakhstan and other Central Asian nations, with all the baggage of internal conflicts as well as fragile political realities, have for some time been balancing between Moscow ...
... and its economy. Armenia's decision to embrace closer ties with Brussels and to balance relations with Kremlin is stemming from Russia's decreasing reputation as an ostensible 'security guarantor' in Armenia, mostly due to: (1) Russia's arms export to Azerbaijan, which Armenia is in conflict with and (2) Russia's neutrality during the military escalation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in April 2016. Moreover, the impartiality of Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) on the protection ...
... Nagorno-Karabakh was one of the first of its kind in the former USSR. Over the past quarter of a century, it has transformed from an intercommunal and inter-republic conflict within a single state (the USSR) into a protracted confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan with the prospects for resolution being unclear [1] . Russia (the successor to the USSR) has expressed an interest in settling this confrontation, as have neighbouring Turkey and Iran, and a number of external actors, namely the United States ...
... home” maxim, refreshed by the brilliant political scientist and President of the American Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haas in his book with the same title (Basic Books, 2013), will continue to apply to Armenia in its relations with not only Azerbaijan and Turkey, but also its major ally — Russia, and indispensable security partner — the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. The prevailing mood in Armenian society on any new deals with Azerbaijan or initiating (rather than responding ...
That’s the puzzle we are entering the 2017 with. The Azerbaijani armed forces staged a new subversion along the Northeastern part of Armenian-Azerbaijani international border on the early morning hours of December 29 . Three Armenian soldiers are confirmed killed, while Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense ...
... No matter when exactly the Iskanders arrived to Armenia, the fact that Yerevan has them at all helps maintain a balance between the two sides of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Recent years saw a lot of talk about how this balance had been tilted as Azerbaijan used oil revenues to build up its military potential. At the same time, Armenia was particularly appalled by the fact that Russia, Armenia’s strategic ally, was also the biggest supplier of arms to Azerbaijan. Whereas prior to 2016 Moscow ...
... Putin and Serzh Sargsyan met in Moscow. Mr. Sargsyan’s working visit to Moscow should not be considered as an isolated event as it was a part of a series of important meetings: on August 8, 2016 in Baku, President Putin met with Presidents of Azerbaijan and Iran; on August 9, Mr. Putin met with R. Erdogan in St. Petersburg; it was their first meeting after the Russian fighter plane being shot down in Syria. Thus, these meetings signify the countries’ attempt to look at the Greater Caucasus ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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