Caucasus

Caucasus Region The potential political struggle for dominance and insurgent activity in the Caucasus Region jeopardizes the infrastructure and economic resources of the countries within the region and the global economy. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is the major economic structure between the balances of power for the World. With Russia’s and Iran’s inability to corner the energy market, these key players are fueling dissention and unrest together with each countries internal disputes

in non-recognized entities effectively controlling a territory, the so-called de facto states. If humanitarian needs and the effects of wars on civilian population are rarely manageable for the de facto states such as those in Ukraine or in South Caucasus without external assistance, humanitarian action may be subject to instrumentalization of aid, hence creating additional challenges and risks for humanitarian actors. The core idea of this paper is to highlight the interactions between humanitarian

Chechnya The Continuing Conflict Chechnya is situated in the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. It is surrounded by Dagestan to the east, Georgia and South Ossetia to the south, Russia to the north and North Ossetia in the west. Chechnya is rich in mineral oil and produced twenty million tons per year before the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 created the opportunity for the Russian provinces to declare their independence

Imagine being an American living in the United States. One day, Europe decides to group the US with Canada and Mexico, just for ease. Would you be okay with suddenly becoming a “North American”, instead of a regular US American? Most likely not. Though it sounds like a crazy idea, such is the case in Western Asia. On the east edge of the Black Sea lies a small country by the name of Georgia. Within its boundaries, is an even smaller separatist state called Abkhazia. At the moment, only about four

SUBJECT: Assessment of the Caucasus Region 1. ISSUE. Provide the USEUCOM Commander an overview of Azerbaijan’s approach to the situation in the Caucasus Region. 2. FACTS. a. Primary National Interest: Republic of Azerbaijan works to ensure sustained economic growth by protecting and exploiting proven oil reserves from deepwater Caspian Basin oilfields and its transport to growing western markets via the Baku-Tblilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil and associated South Caucasus (SCP) gas pipeline. Azerbaijan

The Caucasus- Asian or European? The Caucasus is a region that can be considered as one of the most ethnically diverse areas on this planet. The region itself is further divided into Northern and Southern Caucasus making it even more difficult to classify it as a single entity. One can debate that the Caucasus is a part Europe however at the same time another person can make an equally compelling argument that it is a part of Asia. The geographical division between Europe and Asia occurs along

Caucasus Emirate Militant Group Cristina Torres Fuentes Northern Virginia Community College Abstract This is a research paper on the uprising of a terrorist group in the Caucasus Mountain ranges. To begin to understand what has made this group escalate their acts of terrorism we must identify the past historical events leading up to their creation. All the efforts put in by the CRI (Chechen Republic of Ichkeria) were to create a land that was for the Muslim people. Then without any success it

The Georgian people made its choice on 26 May 1918, when it voted for democracy and pluralism in the conditions of a free Georgia. 26 May was destroyed by Bolshevik bayonets, but the idea of freedom and democracy remain undefeated in the Georgian - Statement of the National Democratic Party, 1988.1 In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Caucasian country of Georgia (map below) was among the vanguard of forces seeking the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It was the only republic to join the Baltic

Georgia. It is generally a moderate and Mediterranean-like in the west near the Black Sea coast and extremely cold winters in the mountains. The Greater Caucasus Mountain Range plays an important role in moderating Georgia's climate and protects the nation from the colder air masses moving out of Russia from the north. While the Lesser Caucasus Mountains protect the majority of the country from the dry and hot air masses from the south. Also Georgia’s eastern plains are shielded by these mountains

The Caucasus is one of the most complicated and sensitive regions in the world: with many different ethnic groups, religious allegiances, and conflicts. It consists of three independent republics: Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia; and Russian parts of Caucasus. Russia became a significant player in Caucasus after it conquered Astrakhan region in 1556. But complete control of Caucasus by Russia was achieved only in the nineteenth century after its conquest of Georgia and Azerbaijan. The Tsarist