Back to Normalcy: Azerbaijan’s Evolving Foreign Policy
31 Mar 2022
The past several years of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy were quite eventful. Its relations with the three big players, Iran, Turkey, and Russia, have been transformed changing many aspects of Baku’s position in the South Caucasus.
It has long been argued that the Se...
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China Struggles to Strike a Balance Amid Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
24 Mar 2022
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, China’s position has been thrust firmly into the spotlight. With the war dragging out longer than anticipated, Beijing finds itself only hemmed further into an increasingly difficult position.
However, more broadly, the w...
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A Monopoly Over Georgian National Identity: Unfair to Georgian Muslims?
Georgia is one of the most multi-religious societies in the South Caucasus. According to a 2014 census, 83.4% of the Georgian population identified themselves as Eastern Orthodox Christian, 10.7% Muslim, 3.9% Armenian Apostolic, and 0.5% Catholic. Georgia is predominant...
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South Caucasus Closely Watches Ukraine
13 Mar 2022
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine reverberates across the world, one region particularly susceptible to unfolding geopolitical changes is the South Caucasus. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia are trying to maneuver trying to balance between potential Russian reprisals a...
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Georgia: Balanced on a Knife-Edge
4 Mar 2022
Georgia fears Russian military power but needs to side with the West against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s war on Ukraine transfixes the world, and for obvious reasons. The sheer brutality and the size of the attack on Europe’s second-biggest state grab al...
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Letter of Representatives of Georgia’s Civil Society to Secretary of State Blinken on Russia’s Military Escalation against Ukraine and Countering Russian Aggression
21 Feb 2022
Representatives of Georgia’s civil society and academic community expressed their gratitude towards the honorable Antony J. Blinken for his ongoing leadership and efforts to maintain international peace. They underlined that the U.S. is a vital ally for Georgia, espec...
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Turkey and the West: In Search For A Credible Black Sea Strategy
18 Feb 2022
Formulating a long-term strategy requires willingness and reliable partners. In the Black Sea the two components are missing which makes the West’s position weak. To reverse the development amid growing Russian influence, reliance on Turkey could prove to be a significa...
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United We Stand, Divided We Fall. Is It Not So, Georgia?
Georgia has historically been socially heterogeneous, multilingual, and multiethnic, having been formed by a range of groups with linguistic, religious, and national elements of diversity. The ethnic composition of modern Georgia remains very diverse. Nowadays, accordin...
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Russia’s Vision of “Limited Sovereignty”
15 Feb 2022
Moscow’s decision to activate CSTO signals the emergence of an entirely new approach in relations between Russia and its immediate neighborhood.
The Kremlin has always argued its special interests in and ties to what once constituted the Soviet space. What Russia...
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