Regional Security Issues: 2011

Editor-in-Chief Dr. Gayane Novikova Co-editor Sergey Sargsyan Translated by Ashot Melyan

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Content
Introduction		9
Gayane Novikova	Conflict Resolution in the South Caucasus within the Context of European Security	11
Rouben Shougarian	Evolution of American Interests in the Black Sea – South Caucasus Region and Mediation of Armenian-Turkish Relations	25
Sergey Markedonov	Russia and the Big Caucasus in 2011: The Main Outcomes and Lessons	36
Uwe Halbach	The North and the South in the Caucasus – Separated or Interlinked?	49
Sergey Sargsyan	The Military and Political Outcomes of 2011	63
Wojciech Górecki	Abkhazia after the Russian-Georgian War of 2008: The Regional Perspective	73
George Tarkhan-Mouravi	Elections and Fountains: Internal Developments in Georgia and Their Regional Impact	82
Armen Khanbabyan	Armenia: within the Paradigm of the “Presidential Triangle”	94
Arif Yunusov	The Islamic Palette of Azerbaijan	106
Farideh Farhi	Factional Politics and the Islamic State	120
About the Authors		134