... specific interests in the South Caucasus are primarily pursued within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, encompassing geopolitical, geoeconomic, and security dimensions. Accordingly, China has sought to deepen diversified cooperation with Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia.
The South Caucasus is not only strategically significant but also a complex region characterized by sharply conflicting interests among major global powers. By leveraging its economic and technological cooperation opportunities, China can steadily ...
... central role in Iran–Soviet trade, especially in energy, machinery, metals, grain, and industrial goods.
Ivan Timofeev:
Eurasian Security Architecture: Origins, Core Principles, and Prospects for Evolution
The railway connected Iran to Nakhichevan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and ultimately to the Soviet railway network stretching toward Moscow and other major Soviet industrial centers. During Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), the Persian Gulf was unsafe due to Iraqi attacks on oil tankers and Iranian shipping. Since ...
... “fundamental shift” in the regional architecture, which
had remained
static and predictable for several decades. However, one should not expect swift progress on this front either:
news reports
suggest that Pakistan and India have respectively blocked Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s bids for full SCO membership.
There is safety in numbers
A closer look at the individual themes surrounding the 25
th
SCO summit helps to temper the over-enthusiastic tone that often characterizes coverage of the event. The actors involved ...
... capitals, yet Iran has been unable to pull Baku into its orbit. The two countries also share deep historical and cultural ties, with Azeris in Iran forming the second-largest ethnic group after Persians. This puts Iran in a difficult position between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as it tries to maintain a balance between supporting Armenians, its traditional ally, and avoiding stirring up Azeri nationalism within Iran.
The regional map of influence has undergone drastic changes, with Iran losing much of its traditional ...
... pushed to the margins of the international agenda and the media narrative by developments in and around Ukraine. However, the importance of geopolitical transformations in this part of Eurasia should by no means be underestimated.
Sergey Markedonov:
Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict: Last Chapter or More to Come?
To begin with, it was here, in South Caucasus, that the internationalization of the post-Soviet space was most active over the first 15 years of the 21
st
century. And it was here, in August 2008, that ...
... order to maintain its status quo and prevent the Turkish-Azerbaijani bloc from strengthening any further. This leads to the need to accumulate political, diplomatic and military means, as was the case, for example, in 2022, when Tehran
managed to stop
Azerbaijan's large-scale aggression against Armenia. Such actions cannot avoid creating tensions between Tehran and Baku. At the same time, Yerevan has to use additional instruments of deterrence, for example, by deploying an EU observer mission to the border. Therefore, increasing Armenia's defense ...
... restored the constitutional order of the Republic of Azerbaijan across the entire Karabakh economic region, and the remnants of the Armenian armed forces were disarmed and withdrawn to the territory of Armenia within a week. Thus, both sides of the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement resolved the “Karabakh issue” in respect of Yerevan’s claim to establishing a second Armenian state on Azerbaijani lands and their subsequent annexation by Armenia. The Azerbaijani authorities used force to ensure security ...
... set in the latter days of the unified Soviet state, which is restoring its territorial integrity. However, while recognizing the obvious importance of this event, one should not reduce the analysis of the current state and future trajectories of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict to Baku’s successful blitzkrieg.
Fernand Braudel, a famous French historian and a prominent representative of the Annals school, proposed three categories of time for researchers: “long duration” (one century and more), “cyclic ...
... (дата обращения: 15.07.2023).
- Qiblawi. T. Potatoes are a luxury: Vital supplies dwindle as 'eco-activists' blockade a breakaway region guarded by Russia [Электронный ресурс]. URL: https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/12/europe/armenia-azerbaijan-nagorno-karabakh-lachin-intl/index.html (дата обращения: 18.07.2023).
- Sahilyol, K. 2012. The Armenian lobby in France and the recent developments regarding the probability of adoption of legislation criminalizing the denial of ...
... Armenian Karabakh, the end of the 2020 Karabakh War appeared to have a silver lining for Russian strategic interests. The deployment of Russian peacekeepers seemingly had the power to do what no Armenian or Karabakh army could—stabilize the fraught Armenian-Azerbaijani frontline. Indeed, the sheer strength of Russian forces alone initially appeared to act as an effective deterrent to any renewed clashes, ensuring a lasting stability in what was once a periodically unstable post-Soviet Eurasian conflict zone....
