... tend to follow one set of rules or the other, without any regard for past agreements or the approaches used by the regulators. And sometimes without much regard even for the interests of ‘passengers’.
Sergei Melkonian, Jason Wahlang:
India in the South Caucasus: Implications for Russia, Iran and Turkey
So far, the key problem in the Caucasus could be the lack of regional integration. The Transcaucasian countries have different views on their own prospects. And even if were were to presuppose the accelerated signing of a peace treaty ...
... the South Caucasus and directly with the states of the region at the bilateral level. This demonstrates the potential of New Delhi to become an actor capable of determining processes in the region, not only influencing them.
India's approach to the South Caucasus not only correlates with Russian and Iranian regional interests, but also complements them. In this regard, discussing regional issues on existing international platforms involving Russia, Iran and India (e.g. EAEU and BRICS), which Iran has already joined, may be of some interest. There ...
... order to avoid a disproportionate strategic dependence on China in the future. In that case, Russia would have to race to occupy certain strategic niches where it can outperform its Chinese competitors, which will be challenging.
One advantage that Russia has is its closer economic connectivity with Iran via the prospectively opened South Caucasus trade corridor and the Caspian. There is also the largely stalled North-South Transport Corridor (NSTC) with Azerbaijan, Iran, and India as the lynchpin. New Delhi’s
commitment
to respect Washington’s unilateral sanctions regime, however,...
