Undoubtedly, during the post-Cold War era, the fields of political competition changed and with the change in the political geography of the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus and Central Asia, as the Soviet Union collapsed and new countries emerged, the field of competition for a change in power balance not only expanded but took on a new form. Economic benefits, diversification of fossil fuels and new...

The south Caucasus and Central Asia will be of growing geopolitical significance to the West and NATO over the next 10–15 years because of their potential contribution to global energy supplies and energy security and the risk that conflict and instability could spread beyond the region, invite foreign military intervention, provoke a resurgence of Russian neo-imperialism, redefine the territor...

geopolitical imagination, by definition, is the competition between powers in forming individuals’, institutions’ and political factors’ perception of the characteristics and contents of geographical space, on the basis of their intended interests. in this article, as a case study, the us perception of the :union: of soviet socialist republics during the cold war era is analysed. the authors ar...

historically, central asia and the caucasus has been the source of important developments in the regional and global level. the whole geopolitical theories in the 20th and 21st century paid special attention to this area. geopolitical status of the region has posed challenges for residents and even neighbors of the region. these challenges can be described as the divergence factors. therefore, ...

President Clinton took office in the midst of a revolutionary shift in the international security environment. Reacting to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact, the administration’s new civilian leaders at the Pentagon undertook a “Bottom-Up Review” of U.S. military requirements to set the guidelines for the administration’s $1.3trillion, five-year defense program. Despite its p...

The new Cold War has arrived in the Eastern Mediterranean. At strategic level, Chinese economic and Russian military assertiveness have led U.S. to think twice about its mistakes, which opened up a power vacuum this geopolitical realm. Until today, seemed use three axes of alliances that emerged as Israeli-based, flexible, benefit-oriented alignments at level regional rivalry. These alignments,...