New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus - Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution

This collection examines the social, economic, and political evolution of the South Caucasian states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The contributors analyze the creation of new national identities and value systems, institution-building, and the influence of regional and international actors.

List of contents

Introduction, Shireen T. Hunter
Part I: Country Studies
Chapter 1: Twenty-Five Years On: Armenia's Difficult Period of State-Building, Richard Giragosian
Chapter 2: Azerbaijan Twenty-Five Years after Independence: Accomplishments and Shortcomings, Eldar Mamedov
Chapter 3: Georgia's pro-Western Policies: An Obsession or a pragmatic Choice, Ghia Nodia
Part II: Policies of International and Regional Actors
Chapter 4: US Policy towards the South Caucasus: Reform, Prosperity, Democracy, Richard Kauzlarich
Chapter 5: Russian Policy towards the South Caucasus: Security, Unity, and Diversity, Sergey Markedonov
Chapter 6: The South Caucasus in the European Union's Perspective: Not a Single Region, Nona Mikhelidze
Chapter 7: Turkey's Policy towards the South Caucasus: Expectations, Failures and Achievements, Bulent Aras
Chapter 8: Iran and the Changing Geopolitics of the South Caucasus, Mohaiddin Mesbahi and Mohammad Homayounvash
Chapter 9: Middle East Actors and Politics: Impact on the South Caucasus, Shireen T. Hunter
Conclusion, Shireen T. Hunter

About the author

Shireen T. Hunter is research professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Product details

• Authors: Hunter, Shireen T. Hunter
• Assisted by: Shireen T. Hunter (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781498564960
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6496-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures; Contemporary Central Asia: Soc; Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures; Contemporary Central Asia: Soc
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education