The Caucasus: Out of Tune

... while the independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is not recognized neither by Armenia, nor by Russia, the EU, or the United States. The discrepancy between the formal... ... and the entities that exist de facto pose the main problem for the security of the Caucasus. Meanwhile, after more than two decades from the collapse of the Soviet Union... ... external forces) [6] . The conflict has its roots in this distrust of the Abkhazians and South Ossetians of the West, of international institutions and of security guarantees...