Center for Security Studies

Is the South Caucasus a Region?

Is the South Caucasus a Region?

Author(s): Temuri Yakobashvili
Editor(s): Jeronim Perovic, Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Heiko Pleines, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 51
Pages: 5-7
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
Publication Year: 2013

The South Caucasus is a neighborhood rather than a region because the three countries located there have different threat perceptions, see their wellbeing in varying ways, and have contrasting visions of themselves. Avoiding the temptation to view the South Caucasus as a region will help Western countries develop more effective policies toward the region.

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