No. 13: US-Caucasus Relations - Attitudes towards the West

Author(s): Mikayel Zolyan, Fariz Ismailzade, George Khelashvili, Therese Svensson, Julia Hon
Editor(s): Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Lili Di Puppo
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 13
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Jefferson Institute, Washington D.C.; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tbilisi; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2010

This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest examines US-Caucasus relations. Firstly, Mikayel Zolyan discusses Armenia's balanced foreign policy toward Russia, Iran and the US, commonly referred to as 'complementarism.' Secondly, Fariz Ismailzade argues that President Barack Obama's reset of US-Russia relations threatens to undermine the West's relations with the South Caucasus, a region that remains strategically important. Finally, George Khelashvili expands on the aforementioned issue, arguing that the Obama administration has struggled to make sense of Georgia's place in US foreign policy. The final article examines public opinion in the South Caucasus toward the West.

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