RA, Artsakh, Diaspora

Following the ceasefire in 2020 that ended the Second Karabakh war between Azerbaijan on the one side and the de-facto Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) Republic and Armenia on the other, military-political leadership in Armenia, inclusive of local institutes as well as diasporan initiatives, have pushed for more research to improve security policy, models of deterrence and doctrinal approaches to Armenian national strategic objectives.

The article examines the specifics of the role of the South Caucasus in the system of international relations within the light of the previous (until 2020) balance of interests between Russia and the West, as well as their current confrontation. The author presents a brief analysis of the history of the relations between the centers of power in the South Caucasus after the collapse of the USSR, and also highlights the key problems that may arise in the process of revising the place of the South Caucasus region within the context of the modern geopolitics.

During 2022 due to the special actions of Turkey, Azerbaijan and a number of European structures and countries, the Republic of Armenia was left out of the “Black Sea Energy Submarine Cable” project.