The United States and the Caucasus

Editor’s note: In the first part of today’s Special Feature, STRATFOR’s Eugene Chausovsky argues that Georgia’s current Prime Minister, Bidzina Ivanishvili, is beginning to challenge the pro-Western policies long advocated by President Mikheil Saakashvili. If Ivanishvili’s attempted reorientation truly takes hold, then a Moscow-friendly Georgia may inspire the United States to reconfigure its ties with Armenia and Azerbaijan. With this possibility in mind, the second part of today’s feature reports on the current status of Washington’s relations with Baku, Tbilisi and Yerevan.

In this video, STRATFOR’s Eurasia Analyst, Eugene Chausovsky, discusses how Georgia's evolving ties with Russia could disrupt the balances of power in the wider Caucasus region.