Caucasus Strategic Perspectives

06/01/2026

Dear partners and colleagues,
We are happy to inform you that Caucasus Strategic Perspectives (CSP) recently announced its new call for submissions for summer edition titled “The South Caucasus between Regions: Security in a Connected World”
CSP is an academic journal on foreign and security policy and is published on a biannually basis by Centre of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center).
Shall there be an intention to contribute, please kindly inform us about your decision at your earliest convenience, also by contacting at this address: [email protected]
The deadline is set for 1 April 2026.
The manuscripts can be submitted to the following email in a Microsoft word format: [email protected]
For more information about the CSP’s upcoming issue, please visit https://cspjournal.az/post/call-for-submissions-caucasus-strategic-perspectives-volume-7-issue-1-summer-2026-576
Guideline for authors for your ease: https://cspjournal.az/static/guideline-for-authors-26

15/12/2025

Review of New Issue (8): Lala Khalilzade 's "Development Road and its Potential Linkage with the Zangezur Corridor" examines the strategic, economic, and geopolitical implications of the project for Iraq and Türkiye, situating it within broader regional connectivity frameworks such as the Middle Corridor. Special attention is given to the potential integration of the Zangezur Corridor, a proposed route that could link Azerbaijan with Türkiye via Armenia.

In recent years, Iraq has launched the Development Road Project, a major logistics and transport initiative designed to transform the country into a regional transit hub. This study examines the strategic, economic, and geopolitical implications of the project for Iraq and Türkiye, situating it wit...

15/12/2025

Review of New Issue (7): Ikboljon Qoraboyev&Nazym Umirzakova's "A Geopolitical Europe in Action: Pragmatism and Partnership in EU–Central Asia Relations beyond the Samarkand Summit" examines how the EU’s evolving geopolitical posture is articulated through four dynamics: the elevation of Central Asia’s centrality in EU discourse, the prioritization of material interests with CRMs at the core, the discursive and policy shift from globalization to connectivity, and the rise of quid pro quo diplomacy in place of conditionality.

The European Union’s engagement with Central Asia has entered a new phase shaped by pragmatism, reciprocity, and strategic calculation. In line with Ursula von der Leyen’s vision of a “Geopolitical Europe”, the EU has recalibrated its approach from a normative agenda toward interest-driven p...

15/12/2025

Review of New Issue (6): Aidar Kurmashev, Amina Urpekova, Amirbek Alibi&Houman Sadri's "Diaspora Policies within the Organization of Turkic States: Opportunities for Strategic Engagement" evaluates the diaspora engagement policies of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan using F. Ragazzi’s multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) to compare legislative frameworks, institutions, and the intensity of engagement.

This study evaluates the diaspora engagement policies of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, and Uzbekistan using F. Ragazzi’s multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) to compare legislative frameworks, institutions, and the intensity of engagement. The analysis identifies distinct policy ...

15/12/2025

Review of New Issue (5): Laszlo Vasa&Peter Barkanyi's "Connectivity in the new world order – Reason or consequence?" discusses how various forms of connectivity – such as trade, digital networks, cultural ties, and diplomacy – are linked to international cooperation in the South Caucasus region.

This article discusses how various forms of connectivity – such as trade, digital networks, cultural ties, and diplomacy – are linked to international cooperation in the South Caucasus region. It examines how these connections interact with the efforts of multilateral organizations active in the...

15/12/2025

Review of New Issue (4): Orkhan Yolchuyev's "Revisiting State Sovereignty in the Context of Global Obligations" revisits the concept of state sovereignty in the context of expanding global obligations under international law. While sovereignty traditionally denotes the supreme authority of states over their territory and population, its scope and meaning have evolved alongside the rise of international institutions, human rights law, and environmental obligations.

This article revisits the concept of state sovereignty in the context of expanding global obligations under international law. While sovereignty traditionally denotes the supreme authority of states over their territory and population, its scope and meaning have evolved alongside the rise of interna...

15/12/2025

Review of New Issue (3): Atia Ali Kazmi's "Reconstituting Sovereignty: Strategic Realignments and Connectivity in a Fractured World" synthesizes structural realism and securitization theory to argue that sovereign robustness today hinges on the collective safeguarding of non-traditional domains – trade, energy, transport, and data – alongside classic defence concerns.

Amid great-power competition and more intricate global interdependence, sovereignty is increasingly practised as a security function performed through calibrated alignments that protect territorial integrity, diplomatic agency, and economic resilience. This article synthesizes structural realism and...

15/12/2025

Review of New Issue (2): Liliana Śmiech's "Energy Sovereignty and the Geopolitics of Critical Resources" explores the nexus between energy sovereignty and resource geopolitics in the 21st century. It argues that sovereignty must be redefined from self-sufficiency to resilient control over supply chains, generation technologies, and strategic resources.

This article explores the nexus between energy sovereignty and resource geopolitics in the 21st century. It argues that sovereignty must be redefined from self-sufficiency to resilient control over supply chains, generation technologies, and strategic resources. With the European Union’s Green Dea...

15/12/2025

Review of New Issue (1): Zhanat Momynkulov's "Azerbaijan and Central Asia: From Shared Turkic Heritage to a Full-Fledged Strategic Partnership" examines the evolution of a strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and the Central Asian states, focusing on the transformation of their relations from a shared historical and cultural foundation to the pursuit of new regional interests.

This article examines the evolution of a strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and the Central Asian states, focusing on the transformation of their relations from a shared historical and cultural foundation to the pursuit of new regional interests. The study highlights the role of common Turkic....

15/12/2025

Dear Readers,

The new issue (Volume 6, Issue 2, Winter 2025) of the Journal of Caucasus Strategic Perspectives (CSP) entitled “Sovereignty, Strategic Choices and Survival in the 21st Century” has been released.
The current issue of the Caucasus Strategic Perspectives (CSP) journal entitled “Sovereignty, Strategic Choices and Survival in the 21st Century” is dedicated to the theoretical and practical dimensions of sovereignty in an era of shifting global norms and exploring how regional states assert sovereignty amid geopolitical competition and conflict. The CSP’s summer issue also featured off-topic, yet timelywritten article covering the relevant developments beyond the South Caucasus region.
The CSP’s new issue includes 8 articles. The CSP’s current authors studied strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and the Central Asian states, the nexus between energy sovereignty and resource geopolitics, structural realism and securitization theory to safeguard sovereign, the concept of state sovereignty in the context of expanding global obligations under international law, the diaspora engagement policies of Turkic states, various forms of connectivity, the EU-Central Asia cooperation, and etc.

The free PDF articles from the issue can be downloaded at the CSP's website via the following link: https://cspjournal.az/new-issue

The full version of the Journal can be accessed here:https://cspjournal.az/uploads/files/CSP_Volume%206%20Issue%202%2C%20Winter%202025%20WEB%20(2).pdf

For the previous issues please see the archive: https://cspjournal.az/archive

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10/07/2025

Dear partners and colleagues,

We are happy to inform you that Caucasus Strategic Perspectives (CSP) recently announced its new call for submissions for winter edition titled “Sovereignty, Strategic Choices and Survival in the 21st Century”
CSP is an academic journal on foreign and security policy and is published on a biannually basis by Centre of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center).
Shall there be an intention to contribute, please kindly inform us about your decision at your earliest convenience, also by contacting at this address: [email protected]

The deadline is set for 1 October 2025.

The manuscripts can be submitted to the following email in a Microsoft word format: [email protected]

For more information about the CSP’s upcoming issue, please visit https://cspjournal.az/post/call-for-submissions-caucasus-strategic-perspectives-volume-6-issue-2-winter-2025-565

Guideline for authors for your ease: https://cspjournal.az/static/guideline-for-authors-26

10/07/2025

Review of New Issue (7): Onnik James Krikorian's "The Days of the OSCE Minsk Group Were Already Numbered" explores how great-power rivalries, structural deadlock, and shifting post-2020 realities rendered the Minsk Group obsolete—marking the close of a decades-long mediation effort in the South Caucasus

The demise of the OSCE Minsk Group, an internationally mandated effort to mediate between Armenia and Azerbaijan, ends an era that spanned almost three decades. Cochaired by France, Russia, and the United States, it failed to achieve its goal amid rivalry between the co-chair countries themselves an...