Prospects for Russia’s Policy Towards the South Caucasus
Prospects for Russia’s Policy Towards the South Caucasus

Author(s): Arkadiusz Legieć
Subject(s): Politics, Regional Geography, International relations/trade, Security and defense
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Russia; South Caucasus; policy; foreign policy; security;
Summary/Abstract: The priority of Russia’s policy towards the Caucasus is to maintain influence on the countries of the region, primarily through military instruments. Russia is striving to establish control over Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) using methods similar to the separatist republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which will enable the Russian peacekeepers to remain in the NK after 2025. The EU and NATO’s priority in the Caucasus should be to counter Russia’s rapprochement with Turkey, which may limit the EU’s instruments in the region and adversely affect NATO cohesion.

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