The South Caucasus: A New Strategic Space?
The states of the South Caucasus are trying to find their footing in an increasingly fragmented international landscape.
Beyond regional issues such as the future of democracy in Georgia and peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, global rivalries between the major powers are intensifying over how the region might best be opened up: should the South Caucasus be open to all, and thus to the West, or is it the preserve of the Eurasian powers?
Gaïdz Minassian is journalist at Le Monde, lecturer at Sciences Po et author of Arménie-Azerbaïdjan, une guerre sans fin ? (Paris: Passés composés, 2024).
Article published in Politique étrangère, Vol. 89, No. 3, Fall 2024.
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