The Caucasus, located on the border between Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, on the point of contact of three great empires, Russian, Persian and Ottoman, has always been a crucial region for the great international politics. For decades the pax sovietica had passed the region overshadowed by the crucial dossiers of world politics, but after 1991 this complex and rich territory has returned strongly on the scene, especially as a ground of confrontation between Russia, looking for a new role after the collapse of the USSR, the West, interested in penetrating the area both economically and strategically, and Turkey, a new actor very active in all the former Soviet republics of pan-Turkish culture. This article analyses, in particular, the position of Russia, drawing a profile of its relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and setting them in the general strategy of the Kremlin towards the post-Soviet space.
L'orso e la fortezza: il Caucaso meridionale nella politica estera della Federazione Russa.
Andrea Giannotti
2015-01-01
Abstract
The Caucasus, located on the border between Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, on the point of contact of three great empires, Russian, Persian and Ottoman, has always been a crucial region for the great international politics. For decades the pax sovietica had passed the region overshadowed by the crucial dossiers of world politics, but after 1991 this complex and rich territory has returned strongly on the scene, especially as a ground of confrontation between Russia, looking for a new role after the collapse of the USSR, the West, interested in penetrating the area both economically and strategically, and Turkey, a new actor very active in all the former Soviet republics of pan-Turkish culture. This article analyses, in particular, the position of Russia, drawing a profile of its relations with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and setting them in the general strategy of the Kremlin towards the post-Soviet space.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
