Search: Azerbaijan,EAEU (6 materials)

India in the South Caucasus: Implications for Russia, Iran and Turkey

... status quo, reducing the likelihood of conflict by maintaining Russia's ally and sees the region and Armenia as a link to the EAEU. Implications for Iran India's increased presence in the South Caucasus is important for Iran for several reasons. First,... ... potential. Today, Iran conducts an active and largely preventive policy in 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,...

19.02.2024

The Trans-Caucasus in 2019 Is Not a Monolithic Region

... for accession. Consequently, strategic cooperation with NATO was, in addition to rhetoric, bolstered by a popular vote. The Trans-Caucasus is the only region in the post-Soviet space where presidential power has been transferred from father to son. Azerbaijan was the trailblazer in this mode of power transfer. For nearly two decades, Georgia has not been able to resolve the problem of a legitimate and legal transfer of supreme state power. Armenia’s gift to the post-Soviet space was also a curious ...

20.12.2019

Eastern Partnership Countries: Buffer Zone or Platform for Dialogue?

... also lose. The bridge metaphor has not taken root, and experts lean somewhat toward the platform for dialogue metaphor. Belarus is active here, providing a venue for the peace talks on the Donbass; Armenia acts as a prototype testing range for EU–EAEU economic cooperation; Azerbaijan, which was, until recently, a closed state geared toward its prosperity, is another example. The position of a platform for dialogue is stronger and more stable in the long term, though it is costlier to implement this strategy. The transaction ...

11.11.2019

CIS in 2017: Achievements, Challenges, Prospects

... single CIS market. It appears that Ukraine is stepping up economic cooperation within the CIS to offset the losses suffered due to the termination of its cooperation with Russia. Sergey Minasyan: Hard Times for Multivectorism in Post-Soviet Space: Azerbaijan between Russia and the West Initially, the CIS not only participated in economic activities, but also was actively involved in peacekeeping efforts such as putting an end to the civil war in Tajikistan or preventing another war in Abkhazia....

25.04.2017

Hard Times for Multivectorism in Post-Soviet Space: Azerbaijan between Russia and the West

... side, Azerbaijani leadership has been managing the publicaiton of “who lost China”-style op-eds to claim Baku is angry over the poor state of Russia affairs, but that’s only short-term prank games to get higher bid in the market. Whether or not Azerbaijan will follow the Moldovan suit and file for observer status in EAEU — remains to be seen. But will the Baku’s further “flexibility” be tolerated in Moscow, given that oil reserves are thinning, domestic political crisis is simmering and clan-fights inside the elite are not at all excluded for the last pieces ...

20.04.2017

Armenia's Doubts on Russia Ties Prompt Pro-EU Maneuvering

... and its economy. Armenia's decision to embrace closer ties with Brussels and to balance relations with Kremlin is stemming from Russia's decreasing reputation as an ostensible 'security guarantor' in Armenia, mostly due to: (1) Russia's arms export to Azerbaijan, which Armenia is in conflict with and (2) Russia's neutrality during the military escalation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in April 2016. Moreover, the impartiality of Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) on the protection ...

03.04.2017

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