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Pashinyan Between Armenia and Azerbaijan: The Curse of Radical Changes

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks a new path forward following Azerbaijan’s seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh and the radical shift in regional dynamics in the South Caucasus. His initiatives aim to revitalize Armenia and resolve longstanding issues, forging a new regional posture. However, domestic divisions and external challenges complicate his efforts. Azerbaijan has not responded to [...]

EU Seeks to Match Chinese Influence in Central Asia

The EU is pushing a new strategy to challenge growing Chinese influence in Central Asia. Central Asia is becoming a magnet for global powers. Given its advantage of geographical proximity, China is increasing its influence in the region with promises of mega projects. The European Union (EU), on the other hand, aims to strengthen its [...]

Why Armenia and Azerbaijan Diverge on the Zangezur Corridor

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has upped the pressure on Armenia, urging it to fulfill its commitment under the ceasefire agreement and open the Zangezur Corridor. Aliyev’s statement has put into question the fate of the final peace agreement that was expected to be realized in the end of 2023. While Armenia is hesitant in this [...]

Central Asia: A Lucrative Back Door to Russia

Western European companies are avoiding sanctions imposed on Russia by trading via third countries – and central Asian economies are cashing in. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there has been a campaign of moral and material support for Ukraine by Western countries wanting to protect the Ukrainian people and oppose Moscow’s [...]

Armenia Needs Help to Escape Regional Isolation

Participating in the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum in Georgia, Pashinyan outlined his government’s plans to cooperate with neighboring countries and open up to the world through road, rail, and energy links.  Pashinyan said his landlocked country should be connected to the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf as soon as possible by joining projects [...]

China builds economic integration in Central Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a new policy for the development of Central Asia, comprising initiatives such as infrastructure construction for better trade activities and adopting integration-based development projects.

How the US Can Open Doors in Central Asia

The US is eager to establish a new Central Asia policy after years of neglect. Realizing that it has neglected Central Asia, partly because of the attention devoted to halting Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine, and aware that China is intensifying its economic influence, the US is aiming to reset its policy towards the region. [...]

Iranian fear to Turkey’s growing influence in South Caucasus is an apparent reality

The Second Karabakh War that happened last fall has brought about the alteration of the geopolitical situation in the region of the South Caucasus. As Russia has kept its traditional strategic power along with increasing military influence in the South Caucasus, Turkey has managed to enter the region as the second regional power. Iran is [...]

A New War in Nagorno-Karabakh

A new war began between Armenia and Azerbaijan on September 27 in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. This clash became the most serious one since the Four-Day War in 2016, and it erupted with the Armenian attacks towards military and civilian targets. 

Contemporary Issues in International Relations: Problems of the International Community

Recent regional and global crises have changed the structure of international relations and cause countries to be inconsistent in their policies. Examples of these include the protest demonstrations and political crises which started in the Middle East and African countries in 2010 known as the ‘Arab Spring’, which had a major effect on Syria, and [...]

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