Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has upped the pressure on Armenia, urging it to fulfill its commitment under the ceasefire agreement and open the Zangezur Corridor. Aliyev’s statement has put into question the fate of the final peace agreement that was expected to be realized in the end of 2023. While Armenia is hesitant in this [...]
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Why Armenia and Azerbaijan Diverge on the Zangezur Corridor
Şubat 7th, 2024 
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No Comments »Central Asia: A Lucrative Back Door to Russia
Ocak 3rd, 2024 oztarsu Western European companies are avoiding sanctions imposed on Russia by trading via third countries – and central Asian economies are cashing in. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there has been a campaign of moral and material support for Ukraine by Western countries wanting to protect the Ukrainian people and oppose Moscow’s [...]
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES, Genel Tags: caucasus analyst, caucasus expert, central asia analyst, central asia expert, europe central asia, europe exports central asia, germany central asia, germany exports central asia, germany exports kyrgyzstan, mehmet fatih oztarsu caucasus expert, mehmet fatih oztarsu central asia expert, mehmet fatih oztarsu cepa, russia central asia, russia ukraine war No Comments »Armenia Needs Help to Escape Regional Isolation
Kasım 15th, 2023 oztarsu Participating in the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum in Georgia, Pashinyan outlined his government’s plans to cooperate with neighboring countries and open up to the world through road, rail, and energy links. Pashinyan said his landlocked country should be connected to the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf as soon as possible by joining projects [...]
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES, Genel Tags: armenia, armenia european union, armenia france, armenia france military, armenia russia, azerbaijan, azerbaijan gas, azerbiajan oil, baku tbilisi ceyhan, baku tbilisi erzurum, baku tbilisi kars, caucasus affairs, caucasus expert, georgia, karabakh, lachin corridor, mehmet fatih öztarsu, mehmet fatih oztarsu caucasus, nagorno karabakh problem, nikol pashinyan, nikol pashinyan tbilisi forum, tbilisi silk road forum, zangezur corridor No Comments »How the US Can Open Doors in Central Asia
Kasım 2nd, 2023 oztarsu The US is eager to establish a new Central Asia policy after years of neglect. Realizing that it has neglected Central Asia, partly because of the attention devoted to halting Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine, and aware that China is intensifying its economic influence, the US is aiming to reset its policy towards the region. [...]
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES, Genel Tags: biden central asia, china central asia, kazakhstan, korea central asia, kyrgyzstan, mehmet fatih öztarsu, mehmet fatih oztarsu cepa, russia central asia, tajikistan, turkey central asia, turkmenistan, united states central asia, us policy in central asia, uzbekistan, washington central asia No Comments »Turkey and Azerbaijan will be connected through the Zangezur Corridor
Eylül 4th, 2023 oztarsu After a six-week-long war in autumn 2020, deadly clashes have persisted between Azerbaijan and Armenia. During this time, Azerbaijan has managed to liberate some areas of land which were previously occupied by Armenia. After the war, the Zangezur Corridor came into agenda.
China builds economic integration in Central Asia
Haziran 14th, 2023 oztarsu Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a new policy for the development of Central Asia, comprising initiatives such as infrastructure construction for better trade activities and adopting integration-based development projects.
Posted in ENGLISH ARTICLES, Genel Tags: central asian affairs, china central asia, china central asia forum, kazakhstan china, kyrgyzstan china, mehmet fatih oztarsu caucasus, mehmet fatih oztarsu central asia, mehmet fatih oztarsu cepa, tajikistan china, turkmenistan china, uzbekistan china, xi jinping central asia No Comments »Turkey’s mediation efforts between Ukraine and Russia
Ekim 10th, 2022 oztarsu Turkey has emerged as an important actor in the mediation process between Ukraine and Russia after the beginning of the war. Ankara has launched bilateral and multilateral forms of relationship with the employment of mediation tools. Participation of Kyiv and Moscow in the talks made Turkey become a rising mediator in the region. Furthermore, the [...]
Iranian fear to Turkey’s growing influence in South Caucasus is an apparent reality
Mart 25th, 2021 oztarsu The Second Karabakh War that happened last fall has brought about the alteration of the geopolitical situation in the region of the South Caucasus. As Russia has kept its traditional strategic power along with increasing military influence in the South Caucasus, Turkey has managed to enter the region as the second regional power. Iran is [...]
A New War in Nagorno-Karabakh
Ekim 19th, 2020 oztarsu A new war began between Armenia and Azerbaijan on September 27 in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. This clash became the most serious one since the Four-Day War in 2016, and it erupted with the Armenian attacks towards military and civilian targets.
Armenia is playing with fire in Karabakh
Eylül 29th, 2020 oztarsu Heavy fighting began between Armenia and Azerbaijan on September 27 in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. This clash became the most serious one since the Four-Day War in 2016, and it started with the Armenian attacks towards military and civilian targets.