Collection “We and Our Neighbors:
Three Approaches towards South Caucasus”, Yerevan 2002
At what level internal political and societal processes occurring in the countries of South Caucasus
can be compared with each other? Who, finally, can regulate conflicts: people populated in the region,
their leaders or international mediators? Which geopolitical interests of the outer forces the South
Caucasus countries should take into account and do they coincide with interests of these countries? What
is the understanding of regional security and integration on this stage? These and other problems are
presented in materials prepared by experts-political analysts of the three countries of South Caucasus
and published in the collection of articles on Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan . Three experts- one
from each country of the south Caucasus- were suggested to develop and analyze four topics related to
the most important interstate relations in the region.
The first stage of the project “We and Our Neighbors: Three Approaches towards South Caucasus” of
the Centre Region, supported by the Yerevan office of the Delegation of European Commission in Georgia
and Armenia was development of topics.
During the second stage of the project an Internet conference was organized with participation
of the authors of articles and other researchers, representatives of international organizations. During
the on-line forum, which, by the way, was the first attempt of organization of discussion in such a format,
participants had a chance not only to discuss presented in the articles points of view, but also to make
concrete suggestions on cooperation, to exchange additional information etc. As an important result of
the conference was the decision to continue similar Internet discussions, to use the Internet space,
created in the framework of the project as a common space for exchange of operative information by analysts
from the three countries and discussion of current events. The most interesting materials of the regional
Internet conference were also included in the collection.
The collection presents general picture of opinions and appraisals regarding contemporary processes,
taking place in the south Caucasus region. The picture reflects almost identical and comparable points
of view in some aspects, and polarized opinions in other aspects.
We hope that analytical materials collected in this book will assist in formation of favorable and
mutually beneficial interstate relations among three countries of the South Caucasus region.
The collection is published in Russian and English.
