Connections
Contents
Norms versus Interests: The Ambiguous Nature of NATO’s Democratic Conditionality in Armenia
The South Caucasus Between Russia and the West: How Pragmatic are the Stakeholders’ Approaches?
Sailing the South Caucasus through Troubled Waters towards Regional Integration
Russia vs. EU/US through Georgia and Ukraine
Eurasian Economic Union and the Difficulties of Integration: The Case of South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Return to Babel: The Race to Integration in the Southern Caucasus
This article investigates the developments of al-Qaida and The Islamic State in the context of the war on terror. The Iraq war 2003–2010, including the US Counterinsurgency strategy implemented in Iraq in 2007 onwards, together with the political developments in Iraq after the US withdrawal of combat troops at the end of 2011 is seen as the breeding ground for Islamic State in Iraq and thus for establishment of the Nusra Front (al-Qaida) in Syria. The chapter argues that without political developments based on reliable states in the Arab Middle East there is no solution in sight for ending the conflicts and wars in the region.
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European and Eurasian Security: Viewpoints from Russia
Connections presents diverse views on defense and security by authors from NATO and partner countries from the Partnership for Peace and beyond. For this particular issue we invited authors from universities and research centers of the Russian Federation to express their views on curr...
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