... 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... ... corridor will strengthen Iran's position as a hub connecting India with Europe and Russia. These routes may increase their relevance as an alternative route against the... ... 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...
... international security problems that overshadow Caucasus challenges, the region retains its independent significance
In late 2016, the Russian International Affairs Council published
The Evolution of the Post-Soviet Space: Past, Present and Future
, a major anthology ... ... 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 ...
... 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 ... ... it is costlier to implement this strategy. The transaction costs involved are rather high.
Non-zero sum game
Currently, EU–Russia relations concerning the Eastern Partnership countries are stuck in the zero-sum game mode: the “West or Russia” choice ...
... underway. RIAC experts share their insights into the challenges facing the CIS and its prospects with the editorial board of the Russian International Affairs Council.
Russia's presidency of the CIS: What are our goals?
Irina Bolgova
, PhD in History, Post-Soviet ... ... 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 ...
... to the latter, Ilham Aliyev
did not show
any “adoration” of the United States. To drift the other 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 ...
... negotiations on a
new agreement
with the EU was reopened in December 2015, twelve months after Armenia officially joined the Russia-led
Eurasian Economic Union
(EEU) in January 2015. No doubt, the main philosophy of the new agreement lies in Armenia's ... ... 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 ...
