Caucasus International

Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Readers,

The Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) is pleased to announce the launch of a new publication titled “Caucasus Strategic Perspectives” (CSP). The CSP journal will cover regional and global issues from the perspective of Azerbaijani and foreign experts with a focus on the South Caucasus region. The journal will be available at www.cspjournal.az

At the same time, the AIR Center would like to inform you that the publication of the Caucasus International (CI) journal managed previously by the Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been terminated following the official dismantle of SAM in 2019. However, the AIR Center will manage the archive of the CI journal and its website (www.cij.az).

All the papers submitted for the CI journal's last call was transferred to the CSP and was published in the CSP’s first volume/issue.

We would like to thank past contributors and editors of the CI journal and look forward to working with a new team to make the CSP journal a truly valuable resource for policy-makers and researchers with expertise in the South Caucasus.

Sincerely yours,
Farid Shafiyev
AIR Center Chairman and CSP's Editor-in-Chief

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Caucasus Strategic Perspectives Caucasus Strategic Perspectives is an academic foreign policy journal issued in Baku (Azerbaijan). Contact: [email protected]

Call for submissions to the upcoming issue of CI Journal

Issue Title: “Non-Alignment Movement and Its Perspective in International Affairs”
Deadline: 1 July 2020

Subtopics:
• The importance of the Bandung Principles in foreign policy
• The role of the NAM in the changing global order
• Importance of NAM in Azerbaijan’s foreign policy
• NAM as a facilitator of the regional connectivity, trade, digital opportunities and possible investment projections.
• Peace and security in the framework of the NAM
• Enhancing existing coordination mechanisms for achieving mutual NAM goals
• Potential threats and challenges to the functionality of NAM
• South-South cooperation and possibility of building a North-South dialogue
• Compatibility of non-alignment policy and peacekeeping participation abroad

Prospective authors should submit 3.000-5.000 word articles (2.500-3.000 words commentaries) for consideration in Microsoft Word-compatible format. For full details please see the Guidelines for Authors section of the journal’s website. Submissions should be sent in electronic format to: [email protected]. Manuscripts submitted to CI should be original and challenging, and should not be under consideration by another publication at the time of submission.

Please note that the journal’s scope is not necessarily limited to the topics listed above; off-topic papers that are relevant to the Caucasus region and its neighbourhood are also welcome and will be taken into consideration.

CI’s key goal is to foster stimulating dialogue and exchange of ideas on the Caucasus region and beyond, among practitioners, researchers and scholars from around the world. The Publishers and Editors are responsible only for providing authors with the opportunity to express their personal views as a means of stimulating intellectual debate.

Dear Readers,

We are happy to announce that a new issue (Vol. 9 • No:1/2 • Summer/Winter 2019) of Caucasus International (CI) Journal entitled “Irredentism, Separatism and Identity-based Conflicts” has been released.

The current issue is dedicated to the dynamics of the protracted, frozen and boiling territorial and identity-based conflicts and the repercussions of the aggressive separatism in Eurasia, precisely in the former Soviet area.

The free PDF articles from the issue can be downloaded at the CI's website via the following link: https://cij.az/new-issue.html

The full version of the Journal can be accessed here:https://cij.az/frontend/web/uploads//images/Journals/Coverpages/Vol-9-No-1-2-Summer-Winter-2019.pdf

The previous issues of the CI journal can also be accessed at: https://cij.az/archive.html

The deadline for the submissions to CI Journal extended to November 15, 2019. Submissions via [email protected]

Call for submissions to the upcoming issue of CI Journal

Issue Title: “Irredentism, Separatism and Identity-based Conflicts”
Deadline: 1 November 2019

Subtopics:
• Irredentism and separatism in the South Caucasus region (Azerbaijan, Georgia)
• Territorial and identity-based conflicts in Eurasia
• Separatism in Europe: challenges for the EU
• Separatism in European neighborhood (Middle East)
• Separatism, ethnic conflict, and terrorism
• Irredentism and separatism’s negative effects for primacy of territorial integrity in the international law
• Selective approach towards irredentism and separatism by global and regional powers
• Irredentism, separatism and illegal economic activities
• Measures to be taken against aggressive separatism

Prospective authors should submit 3000-5000 word for articles and 2500-3000 for commentaries for consideration in Microsoft Word-compatible format. For full details please see the guidelines for authors section (attached). Submissions should be sent in electronic format to: [email protected]. Manuscripts submitted to CI should be original and challenging, and should not be under consideration by another publication at the time of submission.

Please note that the journal’s scope is not necessarily limited to the topics listed above; off-topic papers that are relevant to the Caucasus region and its neighbourhood are also welcome and will be taken into consideration.

CI’s key goal is to foster stimulating dialogue and exchange of ideas on the Caucasus region and beyond, among practitioners, researchers and scholars from around the world. The Publishers and Editors are responsible only for providing authors with the opportunity to express their personal views as a means of stimulating intellectual debate.

Dear Readers,

We are happy to announce that a new issue (Vol. 8 • No: 2 • Winter 2018) of Caucasus International (CI) Journal entitled “Connectivity in Eurasia: Implications for South Caucasus Region” has been released.

The current issue is dedicated the transportation and transit routes in Eurasia, the new transport initiatives of the regional and small countries, and the repercussions of all these for the economic stability and security of the South Caucasus states. While analyzing the transportation routes, the authors also reflected their views on the utilization of these projects as soft power instruments over the bilateral relations of these countries with other international/regional actors.

The issue starts with the Colloquy on the achievements Azerbaijan hitherto made in transforming itself to the transportation hub. Journal also presents one subject-matter and two off-topic commentaries regarding the recent political developments in Armenia and Georgia.

As usual, the issue also accommodates the Book Review (S. Frederick Starr & Svante E. Cornell’s “The Long Game on the Silk Road: US and EU Strategy for Central Asia and the Caucasus”) and Caucasus under Review sections, providing an overview of recently published books.

The free PDF articles from the issue can be downloaded at the CI's website via the following link: http://cijournal.az/category/new-issue

The full version of the Journal can be accessed here: http://cijournal.az/post/connectivity-in-eurasia-implications-for-south-caucasus-region

The previous issues of the CI journal can also be accessed at: http://cijournal.az/category/archives

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Ayaz Rzayev, "The EU’s Ambiguous Stance on Separatism: Lessons from Catalonia, Kosovo, and Nagorno-Karabakh", Caucasus International, Vol. 8 • No: 1 • Summer 2018,

"The EU’s Ambiguous Stance on Separatism: Lessons from Catalonia, Kosovo, and Nagorno-Karabakh" by Ayaz Rzayev | cijournal.az

Dear all,

A few hours ago, the year of 2018 has been already drawn to the end.

In the new year ahead, Caucasus International Journal will remain loyal to its mission of being a truly unmatched resource for policymakers and researchers in the world over.

We want to wish all of our followers and contributing authors a pleasant New Year as well as best lucks for 2019.

May you all celebrate many many happy years with your families, friends and beloved ones.

Warm regards and with love,

Caucasus International Journal's Team

Aleksandre Kvakhadze, "Georgia Before the Presidential Elections: The General Overview", Caucasus International, Vol. 8 • No: 1 • Summer 2018,

Commentary: "Georgia Before the Presidential Elections: The General Overview" by Aleksandre Kvakhadze | cijournal.az

Amanda Paul, "Armenia’s “Velvet Revolution”: The Next Chapter", Caucasus International, Vol. 8 • No: 1 • Summer 2018,

Commentary: "Armenia’s “Velvet Revolution”: The Next Chapter" by Amanda Paul | cijournal.az

Farhad Mammadov, "Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev Addresses New Messages Through His New Cabinet", Caucasus International, Vol. 8 • No: 1 • Summer 2018,

Commentary: "Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev Addresses New Messages Through His New Cabinet" by Farhad Mammadov | cijournal.az

Hassan Beheshtipour, "Relations between Iran and the EU in the Post-JCPOA Era", Caucasus International, Vol. 8 • No: 1 • Summer 2018,

"Relations between Iran and the EU in the Post-JCPOA Era" by Hassan Beheshtipour | cijournal.az