China's "Belt and Road" Initiative: Game Changer for the South Caucasus 
By Benyamin Poghosyan, PhD, Executive Director, Political Science Association of Armenia
On 14-15 May 2017, 29 world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Erdogan, gathered in Beijing for the international forum of the "Belt and Road" initiative. The Forum was the biggest event since the launch of the 'One belt one Road' initiative put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013. China invited countries and regions to jointly build the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road with at least five routes of economic cooperation. READ MORE
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Published on EGF: 22.05.2017
| External Relations
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Armenia Takes Leading Position in CSTO By Benyamin Poghosyan, PhD, Executive Director, Political Science Association of Armenia
An Armenian general is now at the helm of the CSTO military alliance. This may prove to be a double edged sword for Armenia.
The South Caucasus is one of the battlefields in the current Russia-West confrontation. As a part of the former Soviet space, the region is perceived by Russia as an area of its legitimate "special interests." For the West, including the United States, NATO and the EU, the view of the region is defined by its role as a key transit route for Caspian energy resources to reach Europe circumventing Russia, and as an important gateway to exert influence in the nearby Middle East. Regional geopolitical competition is further complicated by the onset of Iran and Turkey. READ MORE
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Published on EGF: 08.05.2017
| Security
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Iran-Russia Relations in the South Caucasus
By Benyamin Poghosyan, PhD, Executive Director, Political Science Association of Armenia
Russia and Iran for the moment have shared interest in containing western and Turkish influence in the South Caucasus. In the longer term, however, their relationship in the region is likely to become more competitive than cooperative. READ MORE
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Published on EGF: 21.04.2017
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Is US–Russia Rapprochement Still Possible?
By Benyamin Poghosyan, PhD, Executive Director, Political Science Association of Armenia
The perspectives of the US – Russia relations under the Trump Administration is one of the key foreign policy issues hotly debated in political and expert circles both in the US, Russia and elsewhere. The steep deterioration of bilateral relations since the start of the third Presidential term of Vladimir Putin brought back into the scene almost forgotten terminology of “Cold War”, “containment”, “great power rivalry”. READ MORE
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Published on EGF: 12.04.2017
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The EU May Play Vital Role in Transforming Armenia
By Benyamin Poghosyan, PhD, Executive Director, Political Science Association of Armenia
On March 21, 2017 Armenia and the EU initialed a new bilateral Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement. This is an important milestone in bilateral relations, especially taking into account Armenia's last minute withdrawal in 2013 from initialing its Association Agreement negotiated within the framework of the EU Eastern Partnership program. READ MORE
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Published on EGF: 12.04.2017
| External Relations
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Turkey will reconcile with Syria 
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that Turkey is heading to restore relations with Damascus. "We will expand our circle of friends. We have already begun to do so. We normalized our relations with Israel and Russia, and now, I am sure, we will do the same with Syria. We need it to be done", - said Yildirim, speaking on Turkish television. READ MORE
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Published on EGF: 07.03.2017
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Adjusting the EU's Geopolitical Posture in the Eastern Neighborhood 
by George Vlad Niculescu, Head of Research, the European Geopolitical Forum
How could the EU best deal with a revisionist Russia who challenged the post-Cold War European security order, most notably in Ukraine and in Georgia? We should probably start from considering EU’s current strategic options in its Eastern Neighbourhood. The key question here is what should be the EU’s objective in this contested region? Is it to find a compromise solution with Moscow on how to fix the broken security order? Or is it to defend its shared values in the Eastern Neighbourhood, and to eventually annihilate the Russian power and influence? READ MORE
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Published on EGF: 06.03.2017
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Ukraine holds missile tests near Crimea 
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Issue # 42
12/05/2016
Earlier, Russia warned it would shoot down Ukrainian missiles and destroy
launch facilities.
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Published on EGF: 05.12.2016
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