... expansions—in particular, in the accession of Finland and Sweden.
Andrey Petrov:
Peace in Southern Caucasus: What Awaits Russia in Azerbaijan?
At the same time, Iran perceives the strengthening of the Turkic tandem in the Caucasus as NATO and the Collective West cementing their influence [
2
]. The fact that Azerbaijan has a long and consistent interaction with ... ... 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,...
... on Black Sea issues, where representatives of the European Union, the United States, Russia and the former Soviet countries in the Black Sea Region have already identified... ... independence precedent,” no matter the extent to which it differs from the case of the South Caucasus or that of Transnistria. Recognizing its legal uniqueness, we should... ... integrity of
Georgia
. At the same time, Turkey (which has the second-largest army in NATO in terms of manpower) does not blindly follow Washington’s lead on all matters...
Eurasia is entering the 2020s with a burden of old problems while also facing new dangerous challenges
Confrontation between Russia and the USA/NATO
There is no reason to believe that the worsening relations between Russia and the West, a process that began six years ago following the Ukrainian crisis, will be rectified in the near future. The current conflict is largely due to the fact that,...