... Belt, One Road” initiative strongly dictates the involvement of the Caucasus nations. Meanwhile, the countries of the region see Beijing as a player distancing itself both from Moscow and Washington. In other words, they hope to see a third line in China’s policy, allowing them to escape from the dilemmas of a Cold War 2.0.
The involvement of India in the Caucasus affairs is also gaining momentum. The Indian diplomat and expert Achal Malhotra suggests as follows: “Azerbaijan’s proximity to Pakistan, on behalf of which Azerbaijan has repeatedly promoted the Pakistani position on Kashmir, is a constant irritant for India,” and as a result, India is
interested
in cooperation with Armenia. As
estimated
by Jason ...
... political ties. Both Erevan and Tbilisi will have internal and external restrictions. Moscow will hardly welcome Erevan expanding its cooperation with NATO and the EU, while Washington will hardly welcome Georgia improving its relations with Russia and China. Azerbaijan will have no alternative to the “non-alignment” policy both within the so-named movement Baku joined back in 2011 and owing to its national interests. All these factors make pan-Caucasus projects, unions or alliances virtually impossible....
For Russia, disregarding the actions and agendas of Sinosure would be to cede legitimacy and economic gravity to China’s economic development agenda in the Eurasian heartland
Much speculation has focused on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a threat to the multilateral development bank order, but it is actually the multilateral bank order itself ...
