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Found insideThis book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of post-Soviet studies, international relations, religious studies and political science. Russia perceives the strengthening of Turkey’s influence in the South Caucasus as a factor limiting its dominant position in the sphere of regional security. Turkey-Russia Conflict Divides South Caucasus. Turkey and Iran have proposed a 3+3 format cooperation mechanism for the Caucasus with Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia and Georgia, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Jan. 29 after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Javad Zarif. Nor does Turkey make a secret of this vast influence campaign on post-Soviet lands: “The Turkish Republic is the inheritor of the great Ottoman Empire, it must create an allied union with Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan, even at the cost of confrontation with Russia,” declared a former head of the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), a government agency responsible for foreign aid and development assistance. The current Armenian government has sought to distance itself from Moscow, but if Ankara puts its military weight behind Baku, Yerevan might be forced to ally itself closely with Moscow. This book presents the opinions of experts and researchers from the Black Sea states with respect to history, security, politics, strategy, energy, and economy in the region, and explains various dimensions of the present international ... On July 17, all parliamentary parties in Ankara, bar the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), issued a statement condemning Armenia’s actions. Even as Ankara continues to fuel a two-month-long proxy war along Russia’s southern borders and against Moscow’s military ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin insists on a diplomatic solution within the Minsk Group framework—just earlier today, Putin discussed the Nagorno-Karabakh issue with French President Emmanuel Macron. Iran was caught off guard by the July 2020 round of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. South Caucasus deal echoes plan from 30 years ago. Moscow is cautious not to pick sides because it wants to keep Azerbaijan where it is: out of … This paper covers the South Caucasus policy of Turkey after the 44-Day War be- tween Azerbaijan and Armenia in 2020. Iran’s connection to the South Caucasus railway network after three decades can help the process of integration, complete the north-south corridor and allow for the introduction of a 3 + 3 (Iran-Russia-Turkey + Armenia-Azerbaijan-Georgia) regional cooperation model in the South Caucasus… By Steve Gutterman. Thus, Turkish and Russian railways will also be linked. South Caucasus. Found insideExamining post-Cold War relations between Eurasia’s most prominent actors, this book takes into account regional dynamics and global power struggles and identifies three important stages in Turkish-Russian relations during the period. This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. The U.S. recognized the independence of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia when the former Soviet Union broke up at the end of 1991. From the beginning of the war, Russia made public efforts to stop the war. Furthermore, all this is not only about geopolitics, but geo-economics too. The Azeris generally avoid Russian-dominated multilateral structures such as CSTO and EEU, instead favoring bilateral cooperation. In this book, German explores the extent of regional cooperation in the South Caucasus, analyses the reasons for the relative lack of regional cooperation and assesses the potential for deeper cooperation in the future. This book brings together a broad range of specialists on the region to analyze the challenge of divergent agendas both within and outside the EU. More specifically it looks at how the EU's enlargement to include states on the Black Sea ... One of the many geopolitical flashpoints left in the wake of the Soviet collapse, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted when a majority-Armenian autonomous region within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic voted to secede and to unify with neighboring Armenia. Turkey is said to be seriously considering sending its troops to Azerbaijan. As Recep Tayyip Erdogan turns his gaze toward the South Caucasus, Russia struggles to contain Turkey’s growing Neo-Ottoman ambitions. The Turkish Air Force shot down a Russian bomber near the Syrian-Turkish border. Instead, Russia wants to keep its options open and remain an indispensable partner for both Azerbaijan and Armenia, which remains highly dependent on its patronage. Turkey thus wants to negotiate with Russia in the South Caucasus, preferably without Western actors. Also at this time the Rus’ held Tmutarakanon the Taman Peninsula. After Turkish-Russian tensions in Syria and Libya, the South Caucasus seem to be emerging as another flashpoint for both sides. Two outside players — Turkey and Russia — are on opposite sides of the conflict. Reportedly, Turkish F16s started patrolling the Turkey-Armenia border. Russia’s intervention played an instrumental role during the so-called April war of 2016, the deadliest escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict since a cease-fire came in force in 1994. The Caucasus is one of the priority areas in Russian policy, and Russia's impact on developments there is in many cases decisive. “… this issue is a classic instance of the clash of two international law principles: territorial integrity and self-determination.” – said Stephan Astourian, UC Berkeley Armenian Studies Program Director, on Turkey-Russia stance in Southern Caucasus conflict. Instead, Russia did now allow the complete invasion of Nagorno Karabakh by the Azerbaijani army. Ankara’s plans are not uninteresting for Moscow. Russia has shown that to maintain control in the South Caucasus, it was ready to use any means to achieve its goals in the Region. Corruption in Russia is perceived to be a significant problem, impacting all aspects of administration, law enforcement, healthcare, and education. 19 November 2020. This book discusses the Caucasus, analysing its strategic aspects and the policies of Russia towards the region throughout history and especially during the Putin administration. The region would be surrounded by geopolitically expansive Iran, Turkey and Russia. Russia and Turkey were the most active external players during the second Karabakh war, which unites the leaders of these countries who are also competitors in the region. As Turkey-Russia disagreements intensify in northern Syria, another theater – the Black Sea and the South Caucasus – is starting to play a bigger role in Turkey’s thinking in the coming years. That is probably a preference they share at present too. Despite recent ups and downs in Russia – Turkey relations, two states clearly view each other as strategic competitors in the South Caucasus. With the signing of the Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support in 2010, the two countries pledged to support each other in the event of a military attack or aggression against either nation. This will be developed with both Russian and Chinese investments, with increasing interaction between Baku and Moscow. Meanwhile, Turkey also benefited from the war. The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War underlined the need for Tehran to rapidly adjust its approach in light of Turkey’s and Russia’s growing power. The history of the Caucasus has long been dominated by three surrounding powers: Turkey,Russia, and Iran. Turkey has challenged Russian monopoly in the South Caucasus. Firstly, Russia holds more cards than Turkey. He observed such a move was “beyond Armenia’s caliber.” As a result, analysts started wondering whether this was a sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Ankara or indeed, whether Vladimir Putin and Erdogan are about to extend their geopolitical horse trading in Syria and Libya to the South Caucasus. Turkey in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of Turkish national interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia and analyzes the broad outlines of Turkish engagement over the coming years. Russia co-chairs the so-called Minsk Group in OSCE dealing with Nagorno-Karabakh together with France and the U.S., while Turkey is only a member. The age of exclusive Russian geopolitical domination in the South Caucasus is coming to an end and this could explain why the revival of the railways has failed so far and is likely to in the future. One goal of this program is to improve transport links in the South Caucasus, which Brussels has helped do in Azerbaijan as well as in neighbouring Georgia. It is a formal ally of Armenia within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and maintains military installations and deployments on its territory. Russian News Agency Sputnik: Turkey's Penetration Into South Caucasus Is Causing Concern In Tehran; Iran Will Do Everything In Its Power To Regain Its Influence In The Region. Armenia is part of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). This evolved into two great raids in 913 and 943. Azerbaijani and Turkish special forces in the Lachin region. The last such discussion took place on November 7, 2020, three days before the signature of November 10, 2020, tripartite Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia statement, which put an end to the hostilities, opened the way for the deployment of the Russian peacekeepers into the Nagorno Karabakh and envisaged the opening up of transportation routes between Armenia and Azerbaijan including passage of goods from Western regions of Azerbaijan to Nakhijevan Autonomous Region via Armenia. It envisaged the withdrawal of the Armenian forces from the five regions outside of the former Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region, deployment of the Russian peacekeepers along the new line of contact, withdrawal of Armenian forces from other two regions after a while, and continuation of negotiations to fix the final status of Nagorno Karabakh. The Russo-Georgian War was a war between Georgia, Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.The war took place in August 2008 following a period of worsening relations between Russia and Georgia, both formerly constituent republics of the Soviet Union.The fighting took place in the strategically important Transcaucasia region. From the mid 16th century there was an isolated group of Cossacks on the T… During the August war, the Kremlin checked Turkey’s reaction by dropping two bombs on a military base in the district of Khelvachauri (Adjara), when Erdogan’s plane was on its way to Moscow. In this context, Turkey’s access to the Caucasus is seen as a valuable asset. When seen in its proper geopolitical context, the resurgence of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is the culmination of long-held Turkish imperial ambitions in the South Caucasus. Turkey and Russia Jockey for Power in the South Caucasus. But as Erdogan becomes progressively bolder in asserting his interests throughout Russia’s southern underbelly, it remains to be seen if the Kremlin becomes willing to draw red lines on Turkish expansionism. This time around the flare-up took place well to the north, where Armenia’s Tavush region meets Azerbaijan’s Tovuz district. Russia increased its military presence in Armenia, deployed additional Russian troops in the Syunik region, established its military presence in Nagorno Karabakh, and got rid of the biggest obstacle to foster a strategic partnership with Azerbaijan. The age of exclusive Russian geopolitical domination in the South Caucasus is coming to an end and this could explain why the revival of the railways has failed so far and is likely to in the future. The last raid seems to have been in 1041. According to this logic, the status quo was hindering the growth in Russia – Azerbaijan relations. Turkish military advisers and operators were directly involved in the conflict, and according to multiple sources, Turkey deployed Syrian mercenaries to the Nagorno Karabakh battlefield, who proved their usefulness several months ago in Libya. Whereas all of the other parties currently involved in brokering a settlement to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict—Russia, the United States, and France, collectively known as the “Minsk Group”—continue to profess their neutrality, Erdogan makes no secret of his government’s avowed support for Azerbaijan: “Turkey wholeheartedly supports Azerbaijan’s just struggle for the liberation of its lands,” said the Turkish leader at an October business forum. For most of the last 25 years, Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey cooperation has opposed an axis comprising Armenia, Russia, and Iran. Here, the author consistently highlights these two treaties as a historical mark for Turkey (pp. This article concludes that, after this war, a new geopolitical situation has emerged in the South Caucasus region. Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities have been trading accusations ever since, rallying their respective publics behind the flag. How Turkey and Russia have gained from conflict For Turkey, the war in Karabakh was a showcase for Ankara's growing role in the strategically important South Caucasus. The only uniting theme in these two contradicting narratives is the acceptance that Russia increased its influence in both Armenia and Azerbaijan after the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war. This paper covers the South Caucasus policy of Turkey after the 44-Day War be- tween Azerbaijan and Armenia in 2020. At a meeting of the country’s Security Council on July 17, he stated his readiness to intervene as third-party broker. This narrative argues that probably Russia and Azerbaijan reached an agreement on implementing the Lavrov plan in 2019. Tehran was even more alarmed by the proactive role Moscow and Ankara played during and in the aftermath of the six-week war that ended with the Russian-brokered ceasefire on November 10. Experts and pundits are frantically searching for the correct terms to describe them – cooperation/competition, the marriage of convenience, and frenemies – all these words are used in endless efforts to grasp reality beneath the surface of high-level meetings and smiley handshakes of the leaders. Just after the end of the Soviet Union and the emergence of three independent states in the The second step would be the denunciation of Armenia’s membership into the Collective Security Treaty Organization and Eurasian Economic Union, which would end the Russian influence in the South Caucasus. From lobbying for Kazakhstan’s transition away from the Cyrillic alphabet to erecting a quasi-autonomous Turkish enclave in Georgia’s Muslim regions, Ankara is slowly but surely carving out overlapping pan-Turkic and Neo-Ottoman spheres of influences in southern border zones vital to Russia’s security interests. This book discusses the history of the relations between the two countries, before analysing the situation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Turkey in the first 20 years of the 21st century. November 13, 2020 18:00 GMT. Russian guards patrol Armenian borders alongside their local counterparts. Abstract: Following seven months of severely strained relations, Turkey and Russia began to mend ties in late June 2016, when President Erdogan sent a conciliatory letter to his Russian counterpart. A longer-term concern for Moscow is that a NATO member, Turkey, is now once again a military player in the South Caucasus. Meanwhile, Russia was not satisfied by only having substantial influence over Armenia in the South Caucasus and desired to increase its connections with Azerbaijan. Yet, as expected, it was President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who fired the opening salvo. Before the war, this would have been unthinkable; authorities in Baku would not have wanted to have the presence of Turkish troops on the ground disturb their transactional relationship with the … Although some in Turkey see Russia as the real winner of the Russian-brokered truce between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the deal has elevated Turkey to a regional power in the south Caucasus. That is why it aims to soften confrontation with Turkey by allowing it to participate in the peace process in the NK. From the very start of the war, Turkey was fully supporting Azerbaijan. UNESCO adds Turkey’s 8,000-year-old mound to its World Heritage List Turkish, Russian top diplomats to discuss regional issues in Antalya meeting Turkey and Russia have different interests in the South Caucasus… Are Turkey and Russia bracing for conflict in the South Caucasus. The war that Turkey prodded Azerbaijan into last September was the final end of US involvement in the Caucasus. Turkish support to Azerbaijan was not only verbal. The full implementation of this scenario envisaged the complete control of Nagorno Karabakh by Azerbaijani forces, removal of all Armenians living there, using the loss of Nagorno Karabakh as a tool to trigger anti-Russia sentiments in Armenia by accusing Russia of having a secret deal with Turkey and Azerbaijan. Given the region’s land borders with Iran and Turkey, Russia may well use the South Caucasus as a launch pad to increase its influence in the Middle East and deepen trilateral Russia–Iran–Turkey cooperation. Copyright © 2021. Indeed, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, the South Caucasus gas pipeline, and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway all run parallel to the Georgian-Armenian border. If Armenian territory (excluding Nagorno-Karabakh, which is legally recognized as part of Azerbaijan) comes under attack—which the Armenian government alleges has already occurred—Russia would be formally obliged to defend it. On the one hand, Russian analysists share the opinion that Turkey’s success in backing Azerbaijan in the recent conflict with Armenia has not only tarnished Russia’s own reputation in South Caucasus, but has also become an important milestone in Turkey’s regional influence. As Recep Tayyip Erdogan turns his gaze toward the South Caucasus, Russia struggles to contain Turkey… Meanwhile, according to this narrative, the final goal of increased Turkish influence in the South Caucasus is to provide Ankara a launchpad to use the region to spread Panturkism ideologies in Central Asia to further pressure China by stoking extremism in Xinjiang. The more Russia increases its influence, the greater will be Turkish willingness to support Azerbaijan. Remarkably enough, the two sides are facing off outside the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, the usual flashpoint. Ankara’s fingerprints were all over the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict since its inception. Ankara’s plans are not uninteresting for Moscow. Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Russia all gained something as a result of the second Karabakh war, while Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh lost almost everything, says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed. The author shows an excellent command of the histories of Russia, the South Caucasus states and Turkey, and thus comparatively demonstrates the implications of the Moscow and Kars treaties for the respective states and for regional politics. Turkey’s significance […] To what extent are Russia and Turkey allies and to what extent are … For example, Russia supplies a significant amount of gas to Turkey via the web of pipelines – Blue Stream, Turkish Stream, Transbalkan pipeline, while using Turkey as a transit hub to export gas to Greece, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, and later to Romania via Turk stream. Second, in contrast to Turkey, Russia wears the mantle of impartial arbiter between the two sides. The Kremlin also may very well be worried that such a confrontation could backfire, inadvertently facilitating an unwelcome—from Moscow’s perspective—reconciliation between Turkey and the rest of NATO. The aim of the research is to investigate the role of Turkey, which supported Azerbaijan politically and morally in the war, in the South Caucasus. The age of exclusive Russian geopolitical domination in the South Caucasus is coming to an end and this could explain why the revival of the railways has failed so far and is likely to in the future. This book will provide a comprehensive introduction for students, academics, media representatives, business persons and those who are interested in the region. A soldier with the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh enters a fortified bunker on the frontline with Azerbaijan near the town of Agdam in August 2012. Russia – Turkey relations are probably among the most discussed topics of Eurasian geopolitics. What does the Nagorno-Karabakh deal mean for Turkey and Russia? But a Turkish intervention beyond that is unlikely, and heated rhetoric in Ankara does not imply a showdown with Russia. Turkey is keen to sign off on a success story in its otherwise rancorous foreign policy-making and amid its domestic economic woes and plummeting currency. On February 6, 2021, the Russian news agency Sputnik's page dedicated to Armenia published an article, titled "Regaining Influence On Baku And Offering Projects To Yerevan: Iran Is Playing Catch-Up In The Region," assessing that Iran is concerned about Turkey's "excessive" penetration into the South Caucasus, … The Sovietization of Azerbaijan: The South Caucasus in the Triangle of Russia, Turkey, and Iran, 1920–1922 (Utah Series in Middle East Studies) Instead of picking sides or escalating tensions, Putin wants to play the mediator role. Evidently, Russia is at a crossroads vis-à-vis Turkey’s aspirations in the South Caucasus and must choose one of two paths: either strike a deal with Ankara to accommodate one another’s ambitions and security concerns or break Turkey’s will through “diplomacy of attrition.”. One of the world’s oldest conflicts, the territorial dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, that threatens to destabilize the South Caucasus … Russia has shown that to maintain control in the South Caucasus, it was ready to use any means to achieve its goals in the Region. Indeed, the situation already appears to be moving that direction, with Putin and Erdogan speaking by phone on July 27 and the Kremlin saying afterwards that “readiness was expressed to coordinate efforts for stabilization in the region.”. Russians first appeared in the Caucasus region in the 9th century when some Rus’ went down the Volga to trade around the shores of the Caspian Sea. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Defense Minister Hulusi Akar issued strongly worded warnings and pledged support for the Azeri side. All rights reserved. It may envisage Azerbaijan’s inclusion into the Eurasian Economic Union, or at least using Azerbaijan to have railway connections with Turkey circumventing Georgia through Russia – Azerbaijan – Armenia – Nakhijevan Autonomous Republic – Turkey link. This report is the culmination of a two-year project examining the complex relations among Turkey, Russia, and Iran in an effort to better understand these countries’ perceptions in the post-Cold War world and the conditions and interests ... That is not very likely for a number of reasons, however. The views expressed in this piece are their own. If Russia regains its full control over the South Caucasus, it may embolden Russia to pursue more assertive policy in other parts of the former Soviet Union. Just weeks prior to the offensive, Turkish and Azerbaijani troops conducted large-scale exercises in the South Caucasus. 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