More: Caucasus
Why Nikol Pashinyan Returned From Vienna Empty- Handed?
On 29 March
2019, the first official meeting was held between Azerbaijan’s President Ilham
Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Vienna on the settlement
of...
Did Central Asia’s Jihadists Challenge Al Qaeda?
Uzbek and
Uyghur Muhajireen support HTS
First-time al Qaeda-linked Salafi-Jihadi groups from Central Asia, Caucasus and China's Xinjiang fighting against the Bashar al-Assad regime in northern...
Armenia’s Untimely Preconditions on Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
After the Velvet Revolution, international
community expected that new Armenian government would intensify the diplomatic
negotiation process for Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Everybody thought that
Pashinyan-led government would act...
Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia and the Caucasus
The massive Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) plans to build roads, railways,
seaports and other trade infrastructure in dozens of countries in the Eurasian
continent. The BRI...
The Potential of the North-South Trade Corridor
One of the major historical obstacles for
Russian territorial (or simply geopolitical) expansion over the past several
centuries has been the Caucasus Mountains.
Thence comes Russia’s permanent...
Georgia & Silk Roads: Belt & Road Initiative
The ancient Silk Road, or as it is more often called nowadays silk roads, was an ancient trade route from eastern China to various...
Iran-Russia Cooperation Grows Beyond Syria
Syria is symbol of Russo-Iranian cooperation and there are numerous facts to prove it. However, there are also other theaters where Moscow and Teheran...
German-Russian energy relations and South Caucasus
Ever since the creation of mankind, human beings have always been in search of energy. On the Eve of World War I, First Lord...
Armenia’s Role in South Caucasus Policy of Russia
The Caucasus has long been one of the most important regions in the world. Many states had the desire and plan to rule this...
The Curious Treaty of Kars
The Treaty of Kars, signed in the fall of 1921, established the borders between the Soviet Union and what was to become the Republic...