ARMENIA THE REGIONAL POWERS AND THE WEST: BETWEEN HISTORY AND GEOPOLIT MIRZOYAN A. / GEOPOLITICS Księgarnia

This work represents the first systematic study of Armenia’s foreign policy during the post-independence period, between 1991 and 2005.

It explores four sets of relationships with Armenia’s major historical ‘partners’: Russia, Iran, Turkey and the West (Europe and the United States). Each relationship reveals a complex reality of a continuous negotiation between ideas of history, collective memory, nationalism and geopolitics. As a result, an important conclusion of this work is that an analysis of a small state’s foreign policy is best captured by looking at regional dynamics rather than more structural approaches to international politics. For Armenia, this book argues that although its foreign policy has been severely constrained, it was nonetheless adept at carving a space for action that privileged the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh over other geopolitical imperatives.

Alla Mirzoyan received her PhD from Florida International University in December 2007. She has taught various courses in International relations including International relations of the Middle East. She currently works at the US Civilian Research and Development Foundation in Arlington.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

Research Landscape 4

Basic Parameters of Armenia's Security Environment 9

Chapter Outline 16

1 Russia: "The Indispensable Ally?" 21

Introduction 21

History and Perceptions 22

The Battle of the Narratives 25

1991-1998; The Deem Reality 30

1998-2005: The End of Platonic Love 39

Conclusion 53

2 Turkey: "The Other" 55

Introduction 55

A Glance at History 59

1991-1998: The Chimera of "Pragmatism" 62

1998-2005: A Never Ending Story? 89

Conclusion 106

3 Iran: "The Permanent Alternative" 107

Introduction 107

Careful Engagement 108

Conclusion 132

4 The West: "Ambiguous Modern" 135

Introduction 135

Armenia and the United States 137

European Institutions 161

Conclusion 173

Conclusion "Ideational Redlines" and" Structural Dynamics" 175

Notes 179

Bibliography 215

Index 239

256 pages, Hardcover

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