The South Caucasus: Stage for a ‘New Great Game’ between NATO and Russia?

Iskandarov, Khayal; Simons, Gregory; Gawliczek, Piotr

doi:10.11610/connections.18.3-4.01

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“…(Iskandarov & Gawliczek, 2020). After the fall of the Soviet Union and the establishment of newly independent states, the region -which was previously seen as being on the fringe of the world agenda -became far more significant to both its neighbors and powerful non-regional actors (Iskandarov, 2019). The South Caucasus is a multifaceted geopolitical area that plays a key role in the transportation of Caspian gas and oil today.…”

Section: Practicing Diplomacy Of War and Peace Historical Perspectivementioning

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The The implementation mechanism of military diplomacy (the republic of Azerbaijan as a case study)

Iskandarov,

Gawliczek,

Gojayev

2024

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Purpose: is to study the relationship between the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in formulating effective military diplomacy. Method: comparative analysis, and synthesis. Findings: Military capabilities and means have always been used in diplomacy. As a result, military potential plays an important role in supporting state diplomacy and creates conditions for ensuring the country's national interests. The formation of diplomatic strategy at the national level can be systematically implemented. In order to improve military diplomacy, a document on diplomatic policy (white paper) should be prepared. Currently, the Azerbaijani Army has a branch within the International Military Cooperation Department that coordinates the activities of military attachés, but this branch does not have the potential to carry out special tasks related to military diplomacy or prepare for long-term strategies. From this point of view, a Center for military diplomacy might be established at the base of that department, and one of the priority issues should be the formation of the potential to develop strategies that reflect the long-term perspectives of Azerbaijan's military diplomacy. Theoretical implications: There are many different approaches and theoretical lenses with which to study international relations and to make sense of events, trends and processes. Although such established theoretical lenses as realism, liberalism, constructivism, Marxism, feminism and others exist, neoclassical realism has been chosen as the means to make sense of this case study. Practical implications: Practitioners in the field of foreign relations will be able to understand the role of the military diplomacy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in ensuring national interests and they will be able to have a clear picture of the ways of its optimization and the factors influencing this role. Value: the study examines the role of the military diplomacy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in ensuring national interests and presents a clear picture of the ways of its optimization and the factors influencing this role. Paper type: theoretical.

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Section: Practicing Diplomacy Of War and Peace Historical Perspectivementioning

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The The implementation mechanism of military diplomacy (the republic of Azerbaijan as a case study)

Iskandarov,

Gawliczek,

Gojayev

2024

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“…The South Caucasus region was once thought to be on the periphery of global affairs, but after the fall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent creation of newly independent republics, it gained considerable significance for both its neighbours and powerful non-regional actors. The South Caucasus region is a diversified geopolitical area today and plays a key role in the transportation of Caspian oil and gas (Iskandarov et al, 2019). Simultaneously, South Caucasus is a region where nations are not united.…”

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Violation of territorial integrity as a tool for waging long-term hybrid warfare (against the backdrop of power games in the South Caucasus region)

Iskandarov,

Gawliczek,

Soboń

2023

Security and Defence Quarterly

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This paper seeks to examine the violation of territorial integrity as a stage of hybrid warfare. Grounded in the theoretical framework of neoclassical realism, this study analyses nations’ foreign policy strategies considering both global and domestic factors. Employing primarily qualitative research, this study concentrates on a case study of the South Caucasus region. Against the backdrop of the war which broke out in the early 2022 between Russia and Ukraine, the preservation of territorial integrity emerges as an imperative aspect of national security policy. Despite the longstanding recognition of territorial integrity as a fundamental tenet of international law over the centuries, this war has galvanised all nations with regard to the violation of territorial integrity. The paper delineates the principles of territorial integrity vis-à-vis the national security of the South Caucasus countries, substantiating the assertion that violation of the territorial integrity of the particular countries in this region serves the interests of external actors, either directly or indirectly, and is employed as a strategic tool in the pursuit of protracted hybrid warfare.

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“…Trenin states that Russia's North and South Caucasus policy centred upon the goal of suppressing the insurgency in Chechnya, which was considered as being largely fulfilled in 2004. All other issues were treated as being of secondary or tertiary importance (Iskandarov et al, 2019) . There was a shift in goals after Chechnya was largely pacified, which centred on resisting the spread of Western and US influence in the Commonwealth of Independent States.…”

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"New Great Game" Conflict and Cooperation Area Georgia: Turkey and Russia in Competition

ASADOV¹

2023

ODÜSOBİAD

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Georgia's inclusion in the agenda of international relations can be assessed from various angles. To properly understand the current situation in Georgia, it is necessary to first assess its knowledge of geopolitics, geoculture and geoeconomics. This study analyzes the political situation in the South Caucasus at the beginning of the XXI century, the process of bilateral and multilateral integration of the region's states and the conditions necessary for the implementation of this process, the place and importance of the region in the "New Great Game". The article also examines the difficult issues in the South Caucasus, the Turkish-Russian competition in the face of promising potential, and the place and importance of this competition in their regional policy. The results of the Azerbaijani-Armenian war were analyzed in the regional policy of Turkey and Russia. The article aims to explain the dynamics and development of the region, where, in addition to global actors, there is serious competition, including the countries of the region.

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The South Caucasus: Stage for a ‘New Great Game’ between NATO and Russia?

Cited by 6 publications

References 12 publications

The The implementation mechanism of military diplomacy (the republic of Azerbaijan as a case study)

The The implementation mechanism of military diplomacy (the republic of Azerbaijan as a case study)

Violation of territorial integrity as a tool for waging long-term hybrid warfare (against the backdrop of power games in the South Caucasus region)

"New Great Game" Conflict and Cooperation Area Georgia: Turkey and Russia in Competition

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