How Turkey and Russia Are Reshaping the Black Sea Region
Both countries have increased their efforts to build a new regional order that is more responsive to their respective national interests.
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Both countries have increased their efforts to build a new regional order that is more responsive to their respective national interests.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the South Caucasus has been unable to find a model for regional cooperation or form regional organizations. The relative calm that followed the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, especially after the signing of the November 2020 cease-fire agreement, renewed hopes that this might change. Significant challenges to regional cooperation remain, however, and Russia’s war with Ukraine has only complicated matters further.
Since the end of last year's war in Nagorno-Karabakh, both Iran and Turkey have proposed regional cooperation initiatives. These could, however, further undermine the region's fragile security.