The behavior pattern of Georgia and Armenia in the South Caucasus region (2004-2024)

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1 Assistant Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Guilan, Guilan, Iran

2 Phd in International Relations, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The Caucasus region has received less attention from scientists and decision-makers in the Eurasian region than in the past few years, because the security studies of this region are currently affected by the armed conflict in Ukraine and the turmoil in the Middle East. However, the Caucasus region, especially the South Caucasus, suffers from acute geopolitical fragility due to internal and external reasons, and since the intensification of competition between Russia and the United States has reached its highest level after the Cold War, the process of conflict and cooperation s strategy for the security crises that occurred in the South Caucasus? The hypothesis of the article points to the fact that Georgia and Armenia are forced to carry out their strategic missions in the form of a pendulum of mechanisms related to reassurance measures, improving capabilities and responding to the security threats of the United States (NATO) and Russia. Collective Security Treaty Organization) use. This article will show that the understanding of threats affects the security preferences of forming alliances at the national level of these two countries until 2024, and two propositions are presented to confirm this issue. First: A group of Armenians who considered Azerbaijan and Turkey as the main threat to their government wanted to join the Collective Security Treaty Organization led by Russia until 2022. Second, the Georgians who considered Russia to be the main threat to their government and wanted to be a member of Western institutions before the Georgian dream government.

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Defense Policy
Volume 34, Issue 130 - Serial Number 1
Spring 2025
August 2025
Pages 59-80

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  • Receive Date: 14 March 2024
  • Revise Date: 31 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 16 June 2025

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