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      • The South Caucasus region spans Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan – nations still marked by the shadows of past conflicts and the long reach of their vast Russian neighbor to the north. But Georgia is emerging as the most popular and most accessible gateway to the Caucusus, helped by the growing buzz surrounding its energetic capital city, Tbilisi.
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  2. 7 hours ago · At the same time, the most obvious benefit the South Caucasus countries have derived from the post-2022 situation—a stronger economic relationship with Russia—is unstable. Close trading ties to Russia give Moscow dangerous leverage, especially in the case of Armenia and Georgia, which have fewer resources and other places to turn for support.

  3. The South Caucasus, also known as Transcaucasia or the Transcaucasus, is a geographical region on the border of Eastern Europe and West Asia, straddling the southern Caucasus Mountains. [1] [2] The South Caucasus roughly corresponds to modern Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, which are sometimes collectively known as the Caucasian States.

  4. Nov 8, 2021 · Georgia will face major new challenges if the mooted new transport connections in the South Caucasus are built. For a quarter of a century, with the Armenia-Azerbaijan border closed, it has positioned itself as the indispensable transit hub at the center of the South Caucasus, with functioning road and rail routes carrying Turkish and Western ...

  5. Aug 23, 2023 · Russia’s objectives in the South Caucasus are similar to those that led to its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The overall ambition is to maintain or re-establish Russia’s control over the ...

  6. Because as a gateway to the Caucasus and Central Asia, Georgia is strategically significant. Linking the Caspian, Aegean, and Mediterranean basins, Georgia sits at the nexus of energy flows...

  7. Jun 23, 2021 · Yet the United States still has interests in the South Caucasus and should pursue them—particularly in Georgia, where it has invested heavily in the country’s political and economic reform efforts, enhanced defense, and integration with the West.

  8. Oct 6, 2023 · Amid growing levels of transshipment, including a 20 percent increase in freight through the port of Baku last year and a similar rise in cargo and container transit through Georgia, leaders in the South Caucasus and Central Asia are acknowledging their interdependence.