‍Central Asia and The Caucasus Journal

International challenges of establishing a national government in Afghanistan: with an emphasis on the role of regional powers and transregional (2001-2021)

Mohammad Tamim Haidari; Reza Simbar

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 January 2024

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The purpose of this article is to examine the international challenges of establishing a national government in Afghanistan, which in the last two decades (2001-2021), under the influence ... Read More

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The Concept of Strategic Depth and Relations between the Zionist Regime and the Republic of Azerbaijan

ehsan jafari far; Ali Bagheri Dolat Abadi

Volume 29, Issue 123 , December 2024, , Pages 3-30

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Among the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, the Republic of Azerbaijan has special importance for Israel due to its geographical location and being on the west and east routes. ... Read More

Karabakh conflict and Iran and Turkiyeh strategies

hamid dorj

Volume 29, Issue 123 , December 2024, , Pages 31-66

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The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is one of the longest international crises officially started on February 20, 1988. As an important and influential actor in the geopolitical region of ... Read More

The Zero-Sum Game in South Caucasus; Emphasizing the Karabakh War 2020

Mahdi Feizollahi; Hosein Pourahmadi Meibodi

Volume 29, Issue 123 , December 2024, , Pages 67-92

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The Karabakh crisis remained in a state of neither war nor peace for tens of years, but with the Second Karabakh War, it came out of the state of "frozen conflict" and the South Caucasus, ... Read More

The 2020 Azerbaijan-Armenia War and Nagorno-Karabakh Frozen Conflict

Ali Basiriniya; Amin Sabaghzade

Volume 29, Issue 123 , December 2024, , Pages 93-112

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Following the outbreak of renewed conflicts between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh in late 2020, a trilateral agreement mediated by Russia was signed. This led to the ... Read More

Ukraine crisis and change of priorities in Biden's foreign policy

Hossein karimifard

Volume 29, Issue 123 , December 2024, , Pages 113-138

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American pragmatists consider the realist and liberal tradition in international relations to be inefficient and believe that most of the successes of American foreign policy have been ... Read More

China's Economic Diplomacy in the Caspian Region (2011- 2021)

Mohammadhosein Arefidoust Masouleh; Mohammad Ahmadi

Volume 29, Issue 123 , December 2024, , Pages 139-168

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The Caspian region's strategic investment potential, energy reserves, and geo-economic significance have garnered attention from both regional and global powers. Among these, China, ... Read More

Chinese Development Assistance to Central Asian Countries

somayeh Mokhtari; Mehdi Fakheri

Volume 29, Issue 124 , May 2024, , Pages 3-28

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Central Asia is considerably important in China’s foreign policy because of its geographical proximity. Ensuring regional security, combating terrorism, and procuring part of ... Read More

Disputes Caused by Water Sharing of the Border- Rivers. Case Study: Iran-Afghanistan 1903-2023

Hooshang Eimanpour Saeed; Reza Simbar

Volume 29, Issue 124 , May 2024, , Pages 29-58

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One of the consequences of global climate change is the water shortage crisis and the resulting disputes among the beneficiary governments. The criticality of the world's climatic situation ... Read More

From Neo-Ottomanism to the Turkish Century Türkiye's Attempt to Become an International Power

Mohammad Hadi Khanmohammadi; Arash Reisinezhad

Volume 29, Issue 124 , May 2024, , Pages 59-82

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One of the consequences of global climate change is the water shortage crisis and the resulting disputes among the beneficiary governments. The criticality of the world's climatic situation ... Read More

A Comparative Study of the Structure of Ardabil Carpet Design and Motif with Azerbaijan Carpet

Iman Zakariaee Kermani; Shaqayeq Moradzadeh Hafshejani

Volume 29, Issue 124 , May 2024, , Pages 179-218

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Ardabil region, as one of the carpet-weaving regions of Iran, has been connected with the Republic of Azerbaijan from the point of view of cultural geography. In the past, the Republic ... Read More Ardabil region, as one of the carpet-weaving regions of Iran, has been connected with the Republic of Azerbaijan from the point of view of cultural geography. In the past, the Republic of Azerbaijan was a part of Iran. According to the Treaty of Turkmen Chai and Golestan, during the reign of FathAli Shah Qajar, the territory of the Caucasus was handed over to Tsarist Russia. For this reason, many handwoven motifs have interacted and exchanged with each other over time. Among the objectives of the research, while examining the common motifs in Ardabil and Azerbaijan carpets, explaining the characteristics of the motifs in the carpet, and comparing these works of art. The main question of the current research is, considering the proximity and cultural connections of Ardabil with the Republic of Azerbaijan, what effect has it had on the structure of the design and motif of the carpet during the last one hundred years? In this way, this research was conducted using documentary sources and related articles in a comparative-analytical method based on explanation and of the isolation type, and it was analyzed by qualitative analysis method. The findings of the research, according to the studies, show that the carpet weaving industry in Ardabil peaked during the Safavid era, and until today, when it was separated from East Azerbaijan province, it has preserved the originality of its design and motif. According to the selection of samples in the carpets of the Ardabil region and the regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Shirvan, Quba, Kazakh, and Lankaran) In terms of structure and form in the design and most of the motifs shown as bergamot in the carpet, it is similar. The differences are mostly seen in the small motifs, color, motifs and the number of borders that these similarities are the result of cultural roots and the differences are derived from the stylistic characteristics of each region that have been separated from each other over time and distance.

The Russia - Ukraine War from JUS AD BELLUM perspective

Behzad Seyfi

Volume 29, Issue 121 , June 2023, , Pages 107-136

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The Russia-Ukraine war began on February 25, 2022, after months of tension and the presence of Russian military forces on the border of Ukraine, with the order of the Russian president's ... Read More

Economic diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the Eurasian Economic Union (in the case of tariff cooperation)

Reza Simbar; Hadi Gholamnia

Volume 27, Issue 113 , June 2021

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Economic relations between Iran and Eurasian Economic Union member states in recent years have been affected by factors such as international sanctions, lack of complementary economic ... Read More

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