Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University
2024; 28–41
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Russia’s Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus in the Context of Increasing New Regional Competition

Zhak Manukyan*

Received: 2025-03-31 · Published: 2024-11-30

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Original title
Russia’s Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus in the Context of Increasing New Regional Competition
Author
Zhak Manukyan
Source journal
Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University
Published
2024-11-30
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Original
https://doi.org/10.46991/JOPS/2024.3.8.028

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study various factors of Russia’s foreign policy in the South Caucasus during the 44-day Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) war of 2020 and in the post-war period. Russia’s mediation efforts to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh and establish peace are considered. Particular attention is paid to the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh and the military-political significance of this initiative and the consequences, as well as the main reasons for the failure of this peacekeeping mission. The article also analyzes the multi-vector foreign policy pursued by regional states in the South Caucasus, in particular Türkiye and Iran. In this context, the prospects for Russian-Turkish cooperation in the South Caucasus, in particular, in the process of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, are highlighted. This also makes a comparative analysis of the foreign policies of the United States, European Union (EU) and France in the region significant. The article examines Russia’s ability to maintain its military and political influence and expand its economic presence in the South Caucasus. Issues that have hindered the establishment of peace and stability in the South Caucasus were also discussed.
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