Latest Articles about The Caucasus

RUSSIAN-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS: TIME FOR A GRAND BARGAIN?

The Georgian-Russian conflict in early August brought negative economic and humanitarian consequences for the South Caucasus. Carefully built East-West transport and energy corridors have come under question. Recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Russia presents another diplomatic difficulty for the countries of the region.... MORE

LESSONS AND LOSSES OF GEORGIA’S FIVE-DAY WAR WITH RUSSIA

The Georgian Government, defeated in the five-day war with Russia, has been adopting a two-pronged approach in its information strategy: trying to prove that the war was initiated by Russia on August 7, and frequently praising the might of the Georgian Army, which inflicted 10... MORE

AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF

Azerbaijan’s presidential election campaign opened officially on September 17 and will run until October 14, the day before the balloting. President Ilham Aliyev, in office since 2003, is set to win a second term of five years, on the strength of economic growth at world-record... MORE

AZERBAIJAN EXPANDS COMMITMENT TO NATO TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN

Last month's confrontation between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia had an immediate impact on Georgia's neighbor Azerbaijan, highlighting the vulnerability of its oil exports to hostile military action. Azeri oil exports through Georgia, already diminished by the August 5 closing of the... MORE

THE CYBER DIMENSION OF RUSSIA’S ATTACK ON GEORGIA

A growing body of evidence suggests that Russia’s disproportionate military assault on Georgia in the aftermath of Tbilisi’s failed bid to retake the breakaway region of South Ossetia was preceded and accompanied by a series of coordinated and sophisticated cyber assaults on Georgia’s embryonic Internet... MORE

NAVAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE SOUTH OSSETIAN CRISIS

Last month’s confrontation between Russia and Georgia over South Ossetia had a maritime dimension that continues to expand. Russia deployed elements of its Black Sea fleet to Georgia’s coast during its military operations and subsequently sank several Georgian naval vessels in Poti. During the clash... MORE