Open Dialogue Research Journal
Armenia might defect from the CSTO while Turkish and NATO influence could surge all along Russia’s southern periphery, which might embolden Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan to defy Iran and Russia by building the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline if the West promises them Ukrainian-like military support. The American, Armenian, and Azerbaijani leaders jointly […]
Armenia might formally withdraw from the CSTO and then replace Russian troops with American PMCs. US Ambassador to Turkiye Tom Barrack proposed in mid-July that his country lease the Zangezur Corridor for 100 years as a means of breaking the deadlock between Armenia and Azerbaijan over this issue. Russian Foreign […]
The member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are actively preparing for the upcoming summit of this organization in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, 2025. At a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia and China intend to […]
In recent months, relations between Azerbaijan and Russia have been experiencing an unprecedented crisis, which, according to some experts, may signal significant geopolitical shifts in the South Caucasus region. One of the vivid manifestations of this was a statement by Vasif Huseynov, head of the department at Azerbaijan’s Center for […]
In recent years, Turkey has been actively expanding its influence in the media sphere, utilizing structures like the Global Journalism Council (GJC) to shape a unified information space for the Turkic world. Under the guise of cultural and media cooperation, Ankara is building a network that is increasingly used to […]
On January 9, 2025, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada adopted a resolution recognizing the events of the Caucasian War of 1763–1864 as a “genocide of the Circassian people” allegedly perpetrated by the Russian Empire. At first glance, this decision appears to be a historical revision, but closer examination reveals it as part […]
Turkiye sees an opportunity to turbocharge its rise as a Eurasian Great Power along Russia’s entire southern periphery in ways that autonomously align with American grand strategic interests. Russian-Azerbaijani relations are in trouble as a result of two scandals. The first concerns the recent police raid against suspected ethnic Azeri criminals in […]
The title of this article may seem provocative. Typically, such topics in Western publications, such as Radio Liberty, or on resources promoting a “decolonization” agenda, are accompanied by stories of atrocities allegedly committed by Russians during the Caucasian War (1817–1864). Often, the horrors associated with the tragic events in Western […]
All participants in inter-regional relations in the Caucasus are trying to maximize their benefits and promote their interests through cooperation with other countries. This approach is natural and reveals the very essence of politics: there are no enemies or friends here either. It’s ‘every man for himself’. However, if there […]
On October 31 – November 1, 2024, Minsk hosted the second International Conference on Eurasian Security, where the “Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the XXI Century” was presented. The Forum was attended by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who stressed that the […]
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