The Caucasus: Between East and West
... Collective West cementing their influence [ 2 ]. The fact that Azerbaijan has a long and consistent interaction with Israel adds ... ... 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 has made it into the TOP-3 largest trading partners of Georgia. Despite Tbilisi’s strategic interaction with NATO, the ...