"After 24 February 2022: Imagining South Caucasus Security"

2018

The end of 20-th century was marked by an increase in the number of ethnopolitical conflicts throught the world. The redrawing of the political map of the world in the last century, following the results of the world wars, the elimination of colonial system and the collapse of empires, has affected the growth of ethnic confrontations in modern society. In view of the fact that any conflict inside the state is always detrimental to social-economic and political development of the country, and the world is full of polyethnic states, the birth of new interethnic contradictions, can affect the stability and security of the entire world community. In this regard, particular importance in the policy of each state, is the deep study of the characteristics of ethnic clashes, for the subsequent development of mechanisms for their forecasting, regulation and prevention. In this Thesis I will try ty examin the Conflicts in South Caucasus: Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Naghorno-Karabakh

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 2009

The scale of the recent Caucasus crisis cannot be compared with that of other armed conflicts in the post-Soviet space or former Yugoslavia, not to mention the conflicts of the Cold War period. Triggered by regional developments, it is essentially the outcome of a clash of security interests between Russia and the US/ NATO. One of the main conclusions that should be drawn by the West from the Caucasus experience is that security in Wider Europe cannot be achieved contrary to Russia's interests. The lesson for Russia is that it should learn to actively create collective positions within the scope of international cooperation, because no single country can throw down a challenge to the whole world.

What a ‘New European Security Deal’ Could Mean for the South Caucasus / 17th Workshop of the PfP Consortium Study Group Regional Stability in the South Caucasus 4/2018, 2018

This paper sketches the historical evolution of the security environment in the South Caucasus since the end of the Cold War. It traces in particular the emergence of three independent countries in the region as full mem-bers of world community in the wake of USSR’s collapse. This article ar-gues that after the rise of Russia to world pre-eminence, today’s world is becoming bipolar again and the relations between super powers are more tenuous than they used to be during the Iron Curtain period. To that effect, a new Cold War period seems to be in the offing. Yet, the main conclusion drawn from this paper is that for small states in the South Caucasus the optimum security strategy is to strike the right balance between these two poles (Russia and NATO). As a result, with the assumption of the Russia-NATO partnership, the paper realizes that in order to bring harmony with-in the international security, specifically in the South Caucasus, there is a need for the two major players to work hand in hand

EUROPOLITY. CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE

While unsolved conflicts in the South Caucasus are sometimes labelled "frozen", that is basically a misnomer: there is a volatile situation with a potential for large-scale violence. In addition to the persistent threat for human security, the situation in that part of the EU's periphery may potentially threat oil and gas supply routes and other transportation corridors, particularly between Europe and Central Asia. Furthermore, the situation is additionally complicated by multiple antagonisms between global and regional powers. This article offers a review of the situation taking into consideration the mentioned issues and examining the current security situation in the South Caucasus within a wider regional context. The article also examines Russia's regional interests and the attitudes of other regional actors-Iran and Turkey, and their relations with the South Caucasian countries.

Study Group Information, 2024

The year 2023 has been a ferment of activity for the South Caucasus. Georgia received EU candidate status, but without any security guarantees. In September, Azerbaijan’s military actions shattered the chance for any Armenian-led autonomy for Nagorno-Karabakh. This was met with broad silence from the international community. It was therefore necessary that experts come together to discuss “alternative security arrangements” in the broadest terms possible, taking into consideration the impact of polarization on the shaping of security arrangements. The speakers’ contributions analyse the current political situation in the South Caucasus and give an outlook on possible steps towards lasting peace in the region.

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series - E: Human and Societal Dynamics, Vol 77, 2011

"Foreword During the Cold War, the main threats to security emanated from the East-West rivalry and nuclear confrontations between the blocs. This did not exclude the existence of threats such as environmental hazards, terrorism, organized crime and illegal immigration, but the military issues overshadowed their importance and granted them a second-class status. It was with the end of the Cold War that these problems including environmental hazards, organized crime, terrorism, economic instabilities, illegal immigration and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) became articulated as main sources of concern for global security. Since then, non-traditional aspects of security have been an important area for research in social sciences, especially by International Relations scholars. Within this general framework, a workshop entitled “Non-Traditional Security Threats and Regional Cooperation in South Caucasus” aimed at highlighting those challenges that the Southern Caucasian countries have been experiencing since the collapse of the Soviet Union, took place in Istanbul between 22-24 October, 2010. With the participation of regional and international experts as well as representatives of key international actors (i.e. international governmental and non-governmental organisations), various issues including identification of problems in the fields of democratization, formation of civil society, economic re-structuring, security building and regional cooperation were discussed. This book is the end product of that workshop, which aimed at finding alternative solutions to current problems and challenges. The book identifies the role of exegoneous factors including NATO, the EU, other intergovernmental and non-govermental organizations as well as the main state stake-holders in the process of political transformation, assessing their impact on security-building and regional cooperation in the region, and aims to anticipate, analyze and increase awareness on emerging non-traditional threats to South Caucasian security. (...) The common conclusions of the book appear to be two-pronged. In order to overcome obstacles in front of regional cooperation, a set of possible solutions to prevail over the burdens of the transition in the South Caucasus need to be identified. Within this framework, knowledge on emerging threats other than military issues in South Caucasus need to be expanded; the relationship between domestic and international actors need to be analyzed; and the impact of this relationship on democratization, security-building and regional cooperation need to be highlighted. The original workshop and the resulting book aim just that. Istanbul, September 2010"

Panorama of Global Security Environment 2010, Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs, Bratislava, pp. 351-365.

This chapter focuses upon two sets of questions. The first addresses the transformations of the unresolved conflicts and analyzes the prospects (if any) for diminishing military and political tensions in the South Caucasus. The second set of questions is related to the passive involvement or non-involvement by European institutions in the conflict resolution process.

Proceedings of the Symposium Organized by AVİM on 12 June 2015 under the Sponsorship of NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division - Editors: Hazel Cagan & Turgut Kerem Tuncel

The aim of this senior thesis is to highlight HS situation in the South Caucasus region. The first chapter emphasis on Human Security as new paradigm that emerged just after the Cold War in the security studies. In this chapter I tried to describe and explain two different approach about this new understanding of security. In the second chapter I emphasized on linkage between territorial conflicts and HS threats and importance of regional cooperation to fulfill HS in the region. The third chapter is about HS threats and their old and new reasons in the south Caucasus countries.