Proceed With Caution: South Caucasus Inch Forward
29 Oct 2021
Connectivity in the South Caucasus gets a major boost with Armenia’s railroad agreement.
There is good news from the South Caucasus, at least for some. Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a bloody conflict in the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh last year and yet 12 months...
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When Avoiding and Hiding from the Essence of an Issue
The country is facing many problems, some of which are so serious that even much stronger states than us Georgians are struggling to find adequate responses to them. Many problematic issues, from top to bottom, are raised by our history and national characteristics, whe...
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Dr. Khatuna Burkadze - Georgia as a Black Sea littoral state is strategically significant for the West
Interpressnews discussed the results of the NATO Defense Ministerial, the importance of the visit of the U.S.Secretary of Defense to Georgia and Georgia’s grand strategy with Prof. Dr. Khatuna Burkadze, Director of American and Euro-Atlantic Studies at Geocase, an alumn...
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Quo Vadis, Poland?
Tensions have risen at a Polish, German and Czech border over a mine located in Poland. The Turów open-cast lignite mine in Poland is located close to the borders of the Czech Republic and Germany and represents one of the largest lignite reserves in the country. In 199...
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Is Iran Ready for Great Power Competition in the South Caucasus?
20 Oct 2021
This geopolitical edifice came down as a result of the 2020 war. Armenia was heavily defeated by an ascendant Azerbaijan, which joined forces with Turkey to create a new status quo along Iran’s northern border. Iran’s peace initiatives were spurned both by Armenia and A...
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Dr. Khatuna Burkadze – The visit of the U.S. Secretary of Defense has encouraged to launch a new initiative for enhancing Georgia’s defense capabilities
“The visit of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has demonstrated that the U.S. continues to assist Georgia to enhance its defense and security capabilities especially in terms of increasingly aggressive actions of the Russian Federation. The U.S. Defense Secretary rea...
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Impact of COVID- 19 Crisis on Central Asian Countries with Some Developments in Post Pandemic Phase (major trends and observations)
The epidemic wave of Covid-19 has drastically changed our political, economic, cultural life, as well as the ordinary life of human beings, putting all in one restricted and extra regulated environment… Naturally it has covered the life of many nations of the world, for...
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The Caliber.Az interview with Emil Avdaliani, Director of Middle East Studies at Geocase
7 Oct 2021
The interview is available in Russian. Please download the PDF
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Erdogan the Likely Winner as Post-War Armenia Rethinks
3 Oct 2021
Turkey’s foray into the South Caucasus seems to be paying off, as the country nibbles away at Russia’s long-held hegemony in the region.
It is only a year since Turkey demonstrated its new power in the South Caucasus, providing significant military and other help t...
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