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The South Caucasus in Washington’s playbook

11:30 13.08.2024 Alexander Ananiev

The South Caucasus in Washington’s playbook

On the last day of July, a number of news agencies reported that the United States wanted to establish a transport route for Central Asian countries via Armenia and Azerbaijan to access world markets, bypassing Russia and China. What those reports did not mention, however, was the context in which …

How Russia saved Armenia from interventions in the 1990s

11:39 09.04.2024 Alexander Ananiev

How Russia saved Armenia from interventions in the 1990s

During the First Karabakh War (1992 -1994) Armenia three times experienced the threat of falling to the Turkish intervention. Each time Russia managed to prevent such a scenario by peaceful means. According to recollections [1] by Russia’s first Ambassador to Armenia Vladimir Stupishin, in the heat of the Battle of …

Sweden on NATO’s scales: what is Ankara up to?

11:53 12.01.2024 Maria Kolesnikova

Sweden on NATO’s scales: what is Ankara up to?

On January 5-6, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Turkey. The results of the two-day visit did not receive much media coverage though. The topics discussed included the situation in Gaza, the Ukrainian conflict, trade, investments and security relations between the two countries and, of course, Ankara's support for …

The West inciting unrest in Georgia?

10:45 11.03.2023 Vladislav Gulevich

The West inciting unrest in Georgia?

The attempts by the external forces to organize a “Maidan” in Georgia (one of the Trans-Caucasian countries) with the assistance of pro-western NGOs and some of the pro-western groups among the population indicates their desire to see Tbilisi as part of the anti-Russian coalition on the post-Soviet space. So far, …

Ukraine crisis – Ankara speaks against, again…

14:16 05.03.2022 Andrey Isayev

Ukraine crisis – Ankara speaks against, again…

After the launch of theRussian special operation in Ukrainethe Turkish representative in the UN called on the conflicting parties to demonstrate “restraint and common sense” having mentioned “a new act of aggression” against Ukraine. A few hours later a similar statement was made by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.Finally, after a …

“Kurdish Spring”: drawing to a close?

16:46 19.01.2022 Andrey Isayev

“Kurdish Spring”: drawing to a close?

For decades, the Kurdish problem was overshadowed by the Palestinian one, occasionally popping up in international media reports following the much-publicized arrest of the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the genocide of Iraqi Kurds and the scandalous referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan. A few years ago, the Syrian and …

Turkey on the lookout for allies

18:25 20.12.2021 Andrey Isayev

Turkey on the lookout for allies

The scaling down of the US presence in the Middle East and the possible strengthening of Iran's positions following the lifting of the American sanctions are forcing the leading regional powers to reset their relations with their neighbors. Above all, with Israel, the existential enemy of the Islamic Republic of …

Russia, Turkey and the new geopolitical reality

10:16 13.10.2021 Andrey Isayev

Russia, Turkey and the new geopolitical reality

The recent Russia – Turkey summit in Sochi, even though yielding no tangible outcomes (as became clear well before it, the summit would not result in the signing of any agreements), has evoked a lot of speculation – ranging from assumptions of the “failure” of talks to fairly optimistic forecasts …

Ankara “goes at” Cyprus again

15:09 11.08.2021 Andrey Isayev

Ankara “goes at” Cyprus again

On July 20 a parade was held in Lefkoşa, the capital of the so-called Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which marked the anniversary of the landing of Turkish troops in Cyprus (1974). The parade in Lefkoşa (Nicosia in Turkish) was attended by a number of high-level officials who made …

Turkish military in Afghanistan: mission hardly possible

11:44 23.06.2021 Andrey Isayev

Turkish military in Afghanistan: mission hardly possible

NATO’s plans to leave a Turkish military contingent after the withdrawal of all other troops from Afghanistan quickly came to dominate the discussion points among expert communities in different countries. On June 17 White House National Security adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed that an agreement to this effect had been reached …

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