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SUPPLY OF WEAPONS TO SOUTH CAUCASUS
Igor Muradyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics25584.html
Published: 17:50:26 - 26/03/2012
In the plans of the great powers the South Caucasus is re-formed into
a periphery of key regions which are, at the same time, subjects and
objects of global politics.
The South Caucasus can no longer be viewed as a region in regard to
which the balance of forces is arranged. The states of the south
Caucasus were not given the opportunity to be more independent,
their policy was practically aimed at the external actors.
In the course of a number of years the impression was that the
United States and Russia mostly had shared goals. Now one can claim
confidently that the United States, Russia and other great powers were
interested in limited factors of the states of the South Caucasus
because not only the possibility of ousting their opponents but
also the possibility of holding active operations of political and
military character is there, having a larger scale of importance than
just regional.
The South Caucasus must fulfill a sufficiently important logistical
role in the rear, and the states of the region must be able to oppose
to aggression and threats of neighboring powers, at least within the
assigned period, which must be enough for unfolding external reaction.
An analogical situation has emerged in the Persian Gulf, as well as
in Southwest Asia, that is the regions which are intended to oppose
to Iran and China.
The United States supports accumulation of considerable amounts
of armaments which the majority of these states cannot adjust to
fast enough. Georgia received a large-scale support from the Western
community in the area of defense, and now Azerbaijan is viewed as an
extremely militarized state, intended to parry Iran~Rs and Russia~Rs
claims. In addition, the Americans would like Azerbaijan to be strong
in military terms not to rely on Turkey~Rs support for its security
issues.
The United States and NATO have set to absorb Armenia, understanding
that sooner or later they will have to complete their efforts in
regard to the CSTO with support. The question is what ~Ssooner or
later~T indicates.
Armenia meets most conditions of the United States, the European
Union and NATO and must pass from polite talks to a direct race, and
they will have to offer support in the form of arms supplies. There
is confidence that in the nearest future the Western community will
not demand more from Armenia than it is possible but in the longer
perspective these claims appear as quite acceptable. The supplies
may be implemented in the framework of goals to deploy peacekeeping
forces, as well as for the purpose of preserving the balance of forces
in the region.
It is necessary to pay attention that the United States and NATO
successfully develop relations with the CSTO members Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in regard to defense and security. Moreover,
Russia is already viewed as a key partner for NATO and the United
States, first of all in the direction of Central Asia and Afghanistan.
The Armenian society which is actively involved in a home political
discussion practically does not take part in projection and foreign
policy. The NGOs developing relations with NATO unfortunately build
up their policy in a limited way. The public sector and the political
parties could play an important role in the development of relations
with NATO and leading states of the West on defense and security
issues.
Igor Muradyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/politics25584.html
Published: 17:50:26 - 26/03/2012
In the plans of the great powers the South Caucasus is re-formed into
a periphery of key regions which are, at the same time, subjects and
objects of global politics.
The South Caucasus can no longer be viewed as a region in regard to
which the balance of forces is arranged. The states of the south
Caucasus were not given the opportunity to be more independent,
their policy was practically aimed at the external actors.
In the course of a number of years the impression was that the
United States and Russia mostly had shared goals. Now one can claim
confidently that the United States, Russia and other great powers were
interested in limited factors of the states of the South Caucasus
because not only the possibility of ousting their opponents but
also the possibility of holding active operations of political and
military character is there, having a larger scale of importance than
just regional.
The South Caucasus must fulfill a sufficiently important logistical
role in the rear, and the states of the region must be able to oppose
to aggression and threats of neighboring powers, at least within the
assigned period, which must be enough for unfolding external reaction.
An analogical situation has emerged in the Persian Gulf, as well as
in Southwest Asia, that is the regions which are intended to oppose
to Iran and China.
The United States supports accumulation of considerable amounts
of armaments which the majority of these states cannot adjust to
fast enough. Georgia received a large-scale support from the Western
community in the area of defense, and now Azerbaijan is viewed as an
extremely militarized state, intended to parry Iran~Rs and Russia~Rs
claims. In addition, the Americans would like Azerbaijan to be strong
in military terms not to rely on Turkey~Rs support for its security
issues.
The United States and NATO have set to absorb Armenia, understanding
that sooner or later they will have to complete their efforts in
regard to the CSTO with support. The question is what ~Ssooner or
later~T indicates.
Armenia meets most conditions of the United States, the European
Union and NATO and must pass from polite talks to a direct race, and
they will have to offer support in the form of arms supplies. There
is confidence that in the nearest future the Western community will
not demand more from Armenia than it is possible but in the longer
perspective these claims appear as quite acceptable. The supplies
may be implemented in the framework of goals to deploy peacekeeping
forces, as well as for the purpose of preserving the balance of forces
in the region.
It is necessary to pay attention that the United States and NATO
successfully develop relations with the CSTO members Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in regard to defense and security. Moreover,
Russia is already viewed as a key partner for NATO and the United
States, first of all in the direction of Central Asia and Afghanistan.
The Armenian society which is actively involved in a home political
discussion practically does not take part in projection and foreign
policy. The NGOs developing relations with NATO unfortunately build
up their policy in a limited way. The public sector and the political
parties could play an important role in the development of relations
with NATO and leading states of the West on defense and security
issues.