EU Studies in the South Caucasus

EU Studies in the South Caucasus

The main objective of the article is to examine the challenges of EU Studies in the South Caucasus in accordance with in the process of European integration as exiting political and geopolitical strategies of the region can be considered as the platform and a kind or “need assessment” for the development and successful implementation of the EU Studies. A particular attention is paid to the obje...

Early Neolithic wine of Georgia in the South Caucasus

Chemical analyses of ancient organic compounds absorbed into the pottery fabrics from sites in Georgia in the South Caucasus region, dating to the early Neolithic period (ca. 6,000-5,000 BC), provide the earliest biomolecular archaeological evidence for grape wine and viniculture from the Near East, at ca. 6,000-5,800 BC. The chemical findings are corroborated by climatic and environmental reco...

Understanding health care in the south Caucasus: examples from Armenia.

Alu Insertion Polymorphisms in Populations of the South Caucasus

An analysis of eight Alu insertion loci (ACE, ApoA1, PV92, TPA25, NBC27, NBC102, NBC148 and NBC182) was carried out in three ethnic groups of the South Caucasus (Abkhazians, Armenians and Georgians). Genetic differentiation between these groups (Gst = 1%) was half as much as in European populations and four time less than in populations of Dagestan. Although it was not possible to determine a c...

The South Caucasus: Problems of Stability and Regional Security

The establishment of irrevocable democracy, the rule of law, free market economic relations, and the protection of fundamental human rights have not yet assumed key significance in the South Caucasus countries. Consequently, all pressing problems of the region continue to intensify, keeping the region politically and economically unstable. Given contending geopolitical and geoeconomic interests...