NATO and Armenia

A Long Game of Complementarism

Author(s): Alexander Iskandaryan
Editor(s): Lili Di Puppo, Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 5
Pages: 17-18
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: 2009

Armenia's relationship with NATO, and indeed the entire course of its Euro-Atlantic integration, is constrained by the country's close ties with Russia. The framework of Armenia's cooperation with the NATO is static, albeit in a positive way. This policy is unlikely to change abruptly despite a wide variety of events taking place in and around the South Caucasus, including the Russia-Georgia war of August 2008, Russia's withdrawal from the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty in December 2007, the recent diplomatic rapprochement with Turkey, the global financial crisis, and Iran's upcoming presidential elections.

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