The South Caucasus - Security, Energy and Europeanization

ISBN-13: 9780367872137 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 292 str.

Meliha B. Altunışık; Oktay F. Tanrisever

Opis

This book explores developments in the countries of the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia – since the EU included the region in the European Neighbourhood Policy 2003. It considers issues related to energy, ethnic conflict, steps towards regional integration, and security – including involvement of Russia, Iran, Turkey and th

Spis treści

1. Introduction

Part I: The South Caucasus as a Region

2. The European Union’s Region Building in the South Caucasus: The Making and Un-Making of a Region

3. The South Caucasus as a Cusp Region: Dynamics of Regionalism in the European Borderlands

Part II: Foreign Policy

4. Georgia: Identity, Foreign Policy, and the Politics of "Euro-Atlantic Integration"

5. Foreign Policy Orientations and Priorities of Armenia

6. Foreign Policy Postures and Priorities of Azerbaijan

Part III: Europeanization

7. The South Caucasus and European Security

8. The European Union and Ethno-territorial Conflicts in the South Caucasus

9. Regional Powers and Security in the Caucasus

10. Regional Cooperation Initiatives in South Caucasus

Part: IV: Energy

11. Pipeline Politics: The South Caucasus and European Energy Security

12. Regional Energy Cooperation along Europe’s Southern Energy Corridor

13. The Energy Charter as a Framework for Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Energy Markets of the South Caucasus States

Part V: Security

14. Russia and the South Caucasus

15. The United States, the South Caucasus, and Euro-Atlantic Integration

16. European Neighbourhood Policy and the South Caucasus Challenge

O autorze

Meliha B. Altunışık is a Professor of International Relations at Middle East Technical University at Ankara, Turkey.

Oktay F. Tanrisever is a Professor of International Relations at Middle East Technical University at Ankara, Turkey.