Iranian Rail Links and the Geopolitics of the South Caucasus 25 septembre 2014
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Eurasia Daily Monitor (The Jamestown Foundation) Vol.11 Issue: 169, Sept 25, 2014
Paul Goble *
Both Armenia and Azerbaijan are seeking to link their national railways with those of Iran, something that could be an economic lifesaver for Yerevan and an additional outlet for Baku’s exports of Caspian oil and gas. (suite…)
U.S. and Iranian Strategic Competition Turkey and the South Caucasus 12 juin 2013
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Anthony H. Cordesman, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bryan Gold, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Georgia, Iran, Michael Gibbs, Robert Shelala, South Caucasus, Turkey, USA
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jun 12, 2013, 100 p.
By Anthony H. Cordesman, Bryan Gold, Robert Shelala, and Michael Gibbs
Turkey and the South Caucasus countries play an active role in US-Iranian competition. (suite…)
The Armenian-Iran Relationship 17 janvier 2013
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caspian Sea, Caucasus, Claude Moniquet, European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center, Georgia, Iran, Israël, Russia, South Caucasus, Turkey, USA, William Racimora
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European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC) 17 Jan 2013, 65 p.
Edited by Claude Moniquet and William Racimora *
For more than 20 years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has appeared as the main and most reliable ally of the republic of Armenia. (suite…)
The Peculiarities of Turkey’s Foreign Policy towards the Post-Soviet States 25 novembre 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Belarus, Caucasus, Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies, Central Asia, foreign policy, NATO, ORSAM, Russia, South Caucasus, Turarbekova Roza Maratovna, Turkey, Ukraine
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ORSAM Report (ORSAM) No: 135, November 2012, 20 p
The Black Sea International Report No: 27
Turarbekova Roza Maratovna *
The article examines the main directions of Turkey’s foreign policy in the Post-Soviet area. It presents the comparative analysis of Turkey’s relations both with the CIS states separately (Russia in particular) and with the regions in general (the South Caucasus and Central Asia as an example). (suite…)
An Audit of Power: Turkey’s Leverage in the Post Soviet Space 18 juin 2012
Posted by Acturca in Central Asia / Asie Centrale, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, Turkey-EU / Turquie-UE.Tags: Adam Balcer, Azerbaijan, Black Sea, Black Sea Discussion Paper Series, Caucasus, Central Asia, demosEUROPA – Centre for European Strategy, EDAM, energy, foreign policy, Georgia, Russia, South Caucasus, Turkey, USSR
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Black Sea Discussion Paper Series (EDAM) 2012/3, 15 p.
Adam Balcer *
Tectonic shifts in the balance of power between the key players in the post-Soviet area will take place within the next decades. (suite…)
A ‘frozen conflict’ that could boil over 9 mars 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, France, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, conflicts, France, Internally displaced people, International Crisis Group, Iran, Kelbajar, Lawrence Scott Sheets, Minsk Group, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia, Russia / Russie, South Caucasus, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, War
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International Herald Tribune (USA) Friday, March 9, 2012, p. 6
By Lawrence Scott Sheets *
One frigid day nearly 19 years ago, I found myself standing along a muddy, rutted road in the foothills of Azerbaijan’s 3,000 meter-high Murov mountain range. Hundreds of Azerbaijani internally displaced persons – from the strategic Kelbajar region – were arriving on foot, some nearly frozen to death after a multiday trek through the icy mountain passes. (suite…)
Echoes of war across the South Caucasus 3 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Georgia, Iran, Israël, Nagorno-Karabakh, Nicholas Clayton, Russia, Russia / Russie, South Caucasus, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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Asia Times Online (Hong Kong) February 3, 2012
By Nicholas Clayton *, Tbilisi (Georgia)
As the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program intensifies, South Caucasus leaders are pondering contingencies since the consequences of open conflict or prolonged tensions are potentially serious for all three nations. (suite…)
Israel’s front-line in the South Caucasus 3 février 2012
Posted by Acturca in Caucasus / Caucase, Economy / Economie, Energy / Energie, Russia / Russie, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Iran, Israël, Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia / Russie, South Caucasus, Tim Judah, Turkey, Turkey / Turquie, USA
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The Jewish Chronicle (UK) February 3, 2012, p. 26
By Tim Judah *
Aghdam is as far as you can go. Travel east, cross Turkey, pass the snow-capped twin peaks of Ararat, cross Armenia and finally you get to Nagorno-Karabakh. As the Soviet Union collapsed, this was the front-line in a brutal war pitting Armenians against Azerbaijanis, or Azeris. (suite…)
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