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The South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - is one of strategic importance, not only for adjacent countries, such as Turkiye, Russia, Iran and the Central Asian states, but also for neighbours such as the European Union and the GCC states, and globally for the United States, India, China, Pakistan and Japan.

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The South Caucasus is no longer Russia’s backyard
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The South Caucasus is no longer Russia’s backyard

27 August 2025
For decades, Russia has stood at the centre of the South Caucasus’ security order. No peace deal, no war settlement, no major infrastructure project could be imagined without Moscow’s involvement. Yet this year, for the first time in Azerbaijan’s modern history, that assumption has been openly challenged. A series of diplomatic clashes between Baku and Moscow, followed last week by the U.S.-mediated summit in Washington, show that Azerbaijan is willing to confront Russia more directly than ever before, and that the South Caucasus may now be shifting away from Moscow at an accelerated pace.
Simona Scotti

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The frozen conflict claims one more life. An Armenian soldier was killed and another injured on the border between Armenia and the Azerbaijan Nakhchivan region
The frozen conflict claims one more life. An Armenian soldier was killed and another injured on the border between Armenia and the Azerbaijan Nakhchivan region
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The frozen conflict claims one more life. An Armenian soldier was killed and another injured on the border between Armenia and the Azerbaijan Nakhchivan region

24 August 2013
An Armenian soldier was killed and another injured on the border between Armenia and the Azerbaijan Nakhchivan region
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Sargsyan wants Aliev to win elections. Armenian President said A democratic Azerbaijan is preferable to us as neighbour and partner in talks
Sargsyan wants Aliev to win elections. Armenian President said A democratic Azerbaijan is preferable to us as neighbour and partner in talks
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Sargsyan wants Aliev to win elections. Armenian President said A democratic Azerbaijan is preferable to us as neighbour and partner in talks

18 August 2013
Speaking at the end of a youth and sports festival the Armenian President said that "A democratic Azerbaijan is definitely preferable to us as a neighbour, and especially as a partner in talks,"
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Ivanishvili reaches out to Abkhazia and Ossetia in a somber speech on the anniversary of the August War saying he is ready for direct dialogue.
Ivanishvili reaches out to Abkhazia and Ossetia in a somber speech on the anniversary of the August War saying he is ready for direct dialogue.
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Ivanishvili reaches out to Abkhazia and Ossetia in a somber speech on the anniversary of the August War saying he is ready for direct dialogue.

9 August 2013
"We are ready for direct dialogue with our Abkhazian and Ossetian brothers. I am convinced we will find common language to build common relations in the future." said the Georgian PM
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EUMM: Unarmed but effective. The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has helped stabilise the situation after the bloody August 2008 War. However the situation on the frontline is often tense, and the future far from certain.
EUMM: Unarmed but effective. The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has helped stabilise the situation after the bloody August 2008 War. However the situation on the frontline is often tense, and the future far from certain.
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EUMM: Unarmed but effective. The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has helped stabilise the situation after the bloody August 2008 War. However the situation on the frontline is often tense, and the future far from certain.

9 August 2013
The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has helped stabilise the situation after the bloody August 2008 War. However the situation on the frontline is often tense, and the future far from certain. Commonspace.eu Joseph d'Urso travelled with an EUMM patrol, and talked to villagers and IDPs whose life has been deeply affected by the war.
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