Thirty Years of Interaction: The US Policy in the South Caucasus after the End of the Cold War

Poghosyan, Benyamin

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“…Other scholars employ a more moderate approach. Poghosyan (2022) writes that given the US-China and US-Russia relations, the US will support democracy-building processes in Armenia and Georgia. However, 'the US will probably avoid actions that may…”

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World Order and Shifting Regional Security Landscapes

Elamiryan

2023

JJIA

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International Relations in the 21st Century have witnessed a transformation in the Global Order. This has impacted the priorities of the United States in different parts of the world, including the South Caucasus. The paper discusses the US interests in the South Caucasus in the framework of the US ‘Pivot to Asia’ policy and the revised strategy towards Europe and Middle East. It analyses the US National Security Strategy (2017), President Biden’s Interim National Security Strategic Guidance (2021), and other strategic documents, interviews and public speeches, US economic cooperation with the region, as well as quotes expert interviews. The author concludes that the South Caucasus is losing its strategic attractiveness for the US. It is connected with the US policy of strategic refocusing towards the Asia Pacific, decreasing interest towards Caspian energy sources and the withdrawal of US military presence in Afghanistan. However, despite the above, apart from supporting democratic transitions in the region, the US is interested in the region in order to contain Russia, China, and Iran.

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World Order and Shifting Regional Security Landscapes

Elamiryan

2023

JJIA

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“…The research of the US interests towards the South Caucasus has been in focus of international and local scholars. Over years, such scholars as Martha Brill Olcott, Inessa Baban, Zaur Shiriyev, James Nixey, George Khelashvili, S. Neil Macfarlane, Mikayel Zolyan, Paul Stronski, Anar Valiyev, Rufat Ahmadzada, Stephen Blank, Andreas Persbo, Taras Kuzio, Beniamin Poghosyan, and many others has written extensively on the topic of this research (Börzel, Pamuk and Stahn 2009;Markedonov 2021;Olcott 2002;Asatryan 2002;Baban and Shiriyev 2010;Blank 2012;Nixey 2010;Khelashvili and Macfarlane 2010;Stronski 2020;Persbo 2021;Poghosyan 2022;Kuzio 2022).…”

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The US, Strategic Environment in the South Caucasus and Armenia: A Sight on the Future

Elamiryan

2022

J. Pol. Sci.

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The political, economic and geopolitical presence of the United States in the South Caucasus dates back at least a century, when, after the First World War, they emerged as a global political, economic and geopolitical actor. Cooperation has increased dramatically since 1991, when the three countries gained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union. From this perspective, the article focuses on identifying core US interests in Eurasia and attempting to define US strategic interests and priorities with respect to the region. In this sense, the main research question is how the US relations with the South Caucasus and in particular with Armenia will look like in the future, especially within the current stage of the Ukrainian conflict that began after February 2022. The article simulates and tests four scenarios for future US engagement with the South Caucasus. Based on these scenarios, it is argued that, despite the lack of strategic interests in the region, the Ukrainian conflict prompted the US to increase its presence in the South Caucasus. This study is based on strategic documents, including the US National Security Strategy (2017), the Interim National Security Strategic Guidance of 2021, other white papers, reports, and studies of US foreign policy priorities.

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Thirty Years of Interaction: The US Policy in the South Caucasus after the End of the Cold War

Cited by 2 publications

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World Order and Shifting Regional Security Landscapes

World Order and Shifting Regional Security Landscapes

The US, Strategic Environment in the South Caucasus and Armenia: A Sight on the Future

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