Potential Outcomes for Transcaucasian Rearmament
Since late 1980s, Transcaucasia, the region covering Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, has intermittently been the focal point of flashpoints and low-intensity conflicts, some between the countries themselves (all of which have at times participated in combat). The latest hot conflict dates back to 2008, when Georgia ...
... the North Caucasus, Russia's overall religious and national policies, and the all-out approach to Transcaucasia.
As correctly noted by the U.S. political scientist Gordon Hahn, "the
jihadists
of Imarat Kavkaz threaten the South Caucasus, i.e. Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. An Imarat Kavkaz map posted on the Caucasian
mujahidin
website entitles the territory of Russia and the South Caucasus as "lands occupied by
kathirs
and
murtads
." Moreover, the Vilayat Dagestan of Imarat Kavkaz includes ...