The Caucasus: Between East and West

... consistently supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine. We should not forget that Baku is building up strategic interaction with Turkey not just in the format of good neighborly cooperation, but that it is also allied with a NATO member that played a decisive role in the Alliance’s two recent expansions—in particular, in the accession of Finland and Sweden. Andrey Petrov: Peace in Southern Caucasus: What Awaits Russia in Azerbaijan? At the same time, Iran perceives the strengthening of the Turkic tandem in the Caucasus as NATO and the Collective West cementing their influence ...