No. 77: Identity, Norms and Beliefs in Foreign Policy

Author(s): Aram Terzyan, Narek Galstyan, Murad Ismayilov, Salome Minesashvili, Levan Kakhishvili
Editor(s): Kornely K. Kakachia (Special Editor), Tamara Brunner, Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Natia Mestvirishvili, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 77
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University, Caucasus Research Resource Centers, ASCN
Publication Year: 2015

Under the heading of 'Identity, Norms and Beliefs in Foreign Policy,' this issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest publishes three contributions. Aram Terzyan and Narek Galstyan conduct a discourse analysis of Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan's conceptions of 'the other,' which, coupled with public opinion surveys, sheds light on major ups and downs that the convoluted relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey have undergone since 2008. Murad Ismayilov provides a brief, yet critical, analysis of the dynamics of Azerbaijan's foreign policy and the country's national identity to make the case for the mutually derivative-and hence contingent-nature of how Azerbaijan presents itself: as a country fitting in with Western values while simultaneously adhering to Islam and associated traditional values, while also sharing some identity features with Russia and Turkey. Salome Minesashvili and Levan Kakhishvili, Tbilisi discuss the Georgian Orthodox Church's reaction to the country's decision to opt for a European identity and foreign policy, in particular to issues concerning the status of the GOC vis-à-vis other churches within Georgia and discrimination concerning gender and sexual identity issues.

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