IRANIAN RELATIONS WITH AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH IN THE CASE OF PRAGMATIST POLITICS

Year 2019, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 157 - 176, 28.03.2019

Mehmet Emin Erendor , Mehmet Fatih Öztarsu

https://doi.org/10.11616/basbed.vi.487167

Cited By: 1

Abstract

With the increase of the
importance of the South Caucasus after the collapse of the Soviet Union,
regional and global powers have tried to product new policies to have a
relationship with the counties of the region. The regional countries such as
Russia, Turkey and Iran have more advantageous than other states but the
determination of the policies of these states are different from each other.
For instance, Iran’s approach is based on the pragmatist politics and the
country to try to balance its policies in the region in terms of Armenia and
Azerbaijan. The main aim of this article is to determine the different aspects
of Iranian foreign policy preferences towards Azerbaijan and Armenia in the
context of pragmatism.

Keywords

Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Pragmatist Politics, Georgia

IRANIAN RELATIONS WITH AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH IN THE CASE OF PRAGMATIST POLITICS

Abstract

With the increase of the importance of the
South Caucasus after the collapse of the Soviet Union, regional and global
powers have tried to product new policies to have a relationship with the
counties of the region. The regional countries such as Russia, Turkey and Iran
have more advantageous than other states but the determination of the policies
of these states are different from each other. For instance, Iran’s approach is
based on the pragmatist politics and the country to try to balance its policies
in the region in terms of Armenia and Azerbaijan. The main aim of this article
is to determine the different aspects of Iranian foreign policy preferences
towards Azerbaijan and Armenia in the context of pragmatism.

Keywords

İran, Azerbaycan, Armenia, Pragmatist Politics, Nagorno-Karabakh

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