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Russia's Evolving South Caucasus Policy: Security Concerns amid Ethno-political Conflicts
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
Abstract The South Caucasus continues to be critically important to Eurasian security. The outbreak of fighting in April 2016 between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh introduced new uncertainty and confrontation to the region. Russia’s policies here are crucial, as they ... mehr
The South Caucasus continues to be critically important to Eurasian security. The outbreak of fighting in April 2016 between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh introduced new uncertainty and confrontation to the region. Russia’s policies here are crucial, as they are in the region’s other ethno-political conflicts, in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Sergey Markedonov offers an insider’s perspective on the Kremlin’s involvement in the region, highlighting its security concerns and stressing that Russia is not taking a universal approach to all of the post-Soviet conflict zones. While the "Western" political and expert community often assumes that territorial revisionism is a kind of idée fixe within Russia, this is far from the case. Each situation demands an individual response from Moscow, as it weighs and pursues its own interests. This in turn explains the improbability of "Crimean situations" multiplying in the South Caucasus. The region undoubtedly harbors risks of confrontation - not only between Russia and the countries of the immediate region but also with such large powers as the US, the EU, Turkey, and Iran - but it also holds several opportunities for cooperation.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
ethnischer Konflikt; Sicherheitspolitik; postsozialistisches Land; internationale Zusammenarbeit; politisches Verhalten; Geopolitik; Kaukasusregion; Russland; EU; USA; Türkei; Iran; UdSSR-Nachfolgestaat
Klassifikation
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
Berg-Karabach; Südossetien; Abchasien
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
11 S.
Schriftenreihe
DGAP-Analyse, 1
ISSN
1611-7034
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0