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The final ceasefire agreement in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war was accompanied by the stipulation that 2,000 Russian peacekeepers would be deployed to the region. The impact of the deployment of the peacekeeping force is international, going beyond a mere enforcement of the ceasefire. The move ...
... conflicts in Europe and increasing tensions between Russia and the West, all of which makes consensus-building difficult. It is therefore of particular interest to see how the organisation performs as a crisis mediator in the post-Soviet space. The OSCE in Nagorno-Karabakh: In the Search of a New Role The CSCE/OSCE has been involved in settling the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh since its active phase. Already in the 1990s, a three-element system was formed to work on its resolution, which included the Minsk ...
... in the settlements of regional conflicts. After the 2008 war in Georgia, Moscow recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Meanwhile, conventional wisdom told the Kremlin that it should prevent any drastic change of the status quo in Nagorno-Karabakh in favor of Azerbaijan to prevent an increase of Turkey’s influence. Moreover, although Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili sought to cement Georgia as part of the East-West bloc, the Georgian Dream government has sought to mend ...
... Russian goals; it pursues a distinctively different foreign policy than the European Union and has provoked conflict with NATO allies in the Eastern Mediterranean, Libya and Syria. Turkey does, however, clash with Russia over the annexation of Crimea, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, its position in Libya and its political initiatives, such as the Turkic Council and continued membership in NATO. There are also instances of direct confrontation between the two states in Syria, including the downing of a Russian ...
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 Nagorno-Karabakh 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 Nagorno-Karabakh. During the event, ...
On June 22, 2021, an online meeting was held on the prospects for resolving the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh On June 22, 2021, an online meeting was held on the prospects for resolving the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. During the event, representatives of the International Crisis Group presented a new report on post-war prospects for Nagorno-Karabakh....
... relations with the Middle East. Furthermore, it attests to a progressive opening up of the territory, as it is now recognized by a growing number of countries, in contrast to others that are struggling to achieve the same results, such as Transnistria and Nagorno-Karabakh.Source: sputnik-abkhazia.ruThe future of Abkhazia remains questionable, and the Abkhazia-Syria relations are more of a diplomatic victory for Moscow than for Sukhum (the de facto capital of Abkhazia). Nevertheless, this diplomatic advance ...
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 region 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 region. Other discussion topics included the results and international political consequences of the...
... a “5+2” basis) over to Azerbaijan on condition of independence or at least a path to independence (through a future referendum once refugees return). In 2011, Baku refused to sign a document implying such a scenario, insisting that any status of Nagorno-Karabakh outside Azerbaijan is not acceptable. This, in turn, was unacceptable for Yerevan. Then the so-called Lavrov plan, a set of Russian proposals, was circulated (in 2015), which, according to Pashinyan, implied the return of the seven ...
Exploiting the region’s own potential could yield more tentative results The recent arrival of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh has underlined the difficulties for a number of international institutions–the United Nations (UN), the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)–to ...
| 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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