Meliha Altunışık - The South Caucasus - Security, Energy and Europeanization

This book explores developments in the countries of the South Caucasus Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia since the EU included the region in the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2003. It considers issues related to energy, ethnic conflict, steps towards regional integration, and, above all, security including the involvement of Russia, Iran, Turkey and the United States. It assesses the key importance of energy, argues that the prospects for regional integration are weak, and contends that while the approach of Europe and the United States has been confused and weak, not holding out great hope of EU or NATO membership, Russias interest and involvement in the region is strong, and growing.

Meliha B. Altunisik is a Professor of International Relations at Middle East Technical University at Ankara, Turkey.

Oktay F. Tanrisever is a Professor of International Relations at Middle East Technical University at Ankara, Turkey.

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Richard Sakwa, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent

Editorial Committee:

Roy Allison, St Antonys College, Oxford

Birgit Beumers, Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, University of Aberystwyth

Richard Connolly, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham

Terry Cox, Department of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow

Peter Duncan, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London

Zoe Knox, School of History, University of Leicester

Rosalind Marsh, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath

David Moon, Department of History, University of York

Hilary Pilkington, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester

Graham Timmins, Department of Politics, University of Birmingham

Stephen White, Department of Politics, University of Glasgow

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George Blazyca, Centre for Contemporary European Studies, University of Paisley

This series is published on behalf of BASEES (the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies). The series comprises original, high-quality, research-level work by both new and established scholars on all aspects of Russian, Soviet, post-Soviet and East European Studies in humanities and social science subjects.

118Russias Economy in an Epoch of Turbulence

Crises and lessons

Vladimir Mau

119Oil and the Economy of Russia

From the late-Tsarist to the post-Soviet period

Nat Moser

120The South Caucasus Security, Energy and Europeanization

Edited by Meliha B. Altunisik and Oktay F. Tanrisever

Edited by Meliha B. Altunisik and Oktay F. Tanrisever

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Meliha B. Altunisik, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

Peter J. S. Duncan, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Carlo Frappi, Ca Foscari University, Venice, Italy.

Tracey German, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom.

Armen Grigoryan, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.

Kornely K. Kakachia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Reshad Karimov, Independent International Relations Expert, Baku, Azerbaijan.

S. Neil MacFarlane, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Farhad Mammadov, Center for Strategic Studies, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Gulshan Pashayeva, Center for Strategic Studies, Baku, Azerbaijan.

John Roberts, Senior Partner Methinks Ltd., Jedburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Richard Sakwa, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.

Oktay F. Tanrisever, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

Marat Terterov, Energy Charter, Brussels, Belgium.

Cory Welt, George Washington University (formerly), Washington D. C., USA.

This book grew out of an interest in the developments in one of the sub-regions of Europe, the South Caucasus. It examines the growing challenges and dilemmas faced by the South Caucasian countries in the fields of foreign policy, Europeanization, energy and security. These issues are examined at three levels, namely, domestic, regional and international. The evolution and the nature of the region is also explored both from within the region and without. In the preparation of the book project the authors came together in a workshop that was held at Middle East Technical University in Ankara between March 14 and 15, 2014. In this workshop entitled South Caucasus in Wider Europe: Security, Energy and Europeanization, the participants presented earlier versions of their chapters and engaged in discussion on the main themes as well as the specific chapters. The workshop contributed immensely to the development of the book. We would like to thank the Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey and the Center for Strategic Studies, Baku-Azerbaijan for their support to our workshop and the following stages of the book project.