Title New world order and small regions : the case of South Caucasus / Emil Avdaliani

Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022 ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 237 pages : illustrations) Contents Introduction -- Shifting Global Balance of Power and the South Caucasus -- Multipolar World and the Return of Great Power Competition to the South Caucasus -- References -- Turkey's Evolving Approach to the Black Sea and the South Caucasus Region -- Iran's Changing Strategic Position in the South Caucasus -- From Central Asia to the Black Sea: China and the South Caucasus -- Russia's "Return" to the South Caucasus -- Conclusion: The Future of the South Caucasus Summary The book provides a comprehensive understanding of the unfolding geopolitical changes in the South Caucasus in the age of increased great power competition across Eurasia. Recent research on the geopolitics of the South Caucasus focuses either on interstate relations among Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia or on each of regional actor's (Russia, Turkey and Iran) ties with the region's one or all three states. Little attempt has been made to see the region's shifting geopolitical importance from a global perspective: growing US-China rivalry and shifting balance of power in Eurasia; recalibration of the US' military and diplomatic vision in western Eurasia to adjust to the Chinese challenge. The book argues, from a theoretical point of view, that the increased competition in the region fits into the global pattern of unfolding great power competition, when military and economic calculations drive regional powers to increase their influence on immediate neighborhoods sidelining the collective West from the negotiating table and the emerging new security architecture. Emil Avdaliani is Professor of International Relatios at European University, Tbilisi, Georgia and the head of Middle East Studies at Geocase. He is also columnist at CEPA, RUSI, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, and Georgia Today Notes Includes index Print version record Subject Geopolitics -- Caucasus, South World politics -- 1989- Diplomatic relations Geopolitics Politics and government World politics SUBJECT Caucasus, South -- Foreign relations -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98003547 Caucasus, South -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97005206 Subject South Caucasus Form Electronic book ISBN 9789811940378 9811940371

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