The Caucasus: Between East and West
... arms to Baku made a significant contribution to its military successes in Karabakh in 2020 and 2023, and even the new escalation in the Gaza Strip has not broken their ties, despite the extremely negative reaction of Turkey to the Israeli actions. For Iran, which projects itself as one of the main defenders of Palestinian interests, the South Caucasus becomes an arena where its rivalry with Israel and indirectly with NATO and the U.S. continues. In the mid-2000s, the interests of China and India in Transcaucasia were more discussed like signs on the wall. Both nations were taking a closer look at the region. Today, their presence in the Caucasus is becoming more and more tangible. China has made it into the TOP-3 largest trading partners ...