Azerbaijan at the Crossroads of Eurasia

Azerbaijan at the Crossroads of Eurasia

Author: Fazil Zeynalov

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783631729724

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Azerbaijan is located at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. It has a highly strategic geographic position. The country was one of the corridors of the Silk Road used by traders. It was of great importance for the development of international trade. It was also the region's main artery, or «geopolitical pivot».


Eurasian Crossroads

Eurasian Crossroads

Author: James A. Millward

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9780231139243

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Presents a comprehensive study of the central Asian region of Xinjiang's history and people from antiquity to the present. Discusses Xinjiang's rich environmental, cultural and ethno-political heritage.


Azerbaijan's Geopolitical Landscape

Azerbaijan's Geopolitical Landscape

Author: Farid Shafiyev

Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 802464391X

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Being located between the Black and Caspian seas, Azerbaijan has always been the juncture of Eurasia—with a traditional reputation as a crossroads between the north-south and east-west transport corridors—and the traditional ground for competition between numerous regional and global players, using both soft and hard power. With its vast hydrocarbon energy reserves, Azerbaijan is a country of particular importance in the South Caucasus. The region’s complex geopolitics have immensely influenced Azerbaijan’s foreign policy strategy. With the dissolution of the USSR, Azerbaijan, as a new state with fragile security, found itself in a complicated situation surrounded by regional powers like Iran, Russia, and Turkey. The book is built around several major foreign policy issues faced by the Republic of Azerbaijan since it regained its independence in 1991. These major issues include the conflict with Armenia and related matters, the relationship with the West, as well as the complexities arising from its relationship with Russia and its ties to Muslim countries, such as Iran and Saudi Arabia.


The Caucasus

The Caucasus

Author: Thomas De Waal

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0190683082

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This new edition of The Caucasus is a thorough update of an essential guide that has introduced thousands of readers to a complex region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the break-away territories that have tried to split away from them constitute one of the most diverse and challenging regions on earth, impressing the visitor with their multi-layered history and ethnic complexity. Over the last few years, the South Caucasus region has captured international attention again because of disputes between the West and Russia, its unresolved conflicts, and its role as an energy transport corridor to Europe. The Caucasus gives the reader a historical overview and an authoritative guide to the three conflicts that have blighted the region. Thomas de Waal tells the story of the "Five-Day War" between Georgia and Russia and recent political upheavals in all three countries. He also finds time to tell the reader about Georgian wine, Baku jazz and how the coast of Abkhazia was known as "Soviet Florida." Short, stimulating and rich in detail, The Caucasus is the perfect guide to this fascinating and little-understood region.


Crossroads of Cuisine

Crossroads of Cuisine

Author: Paul David Buell

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-11-04

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9004432108

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Crossroads of Cuisine offers history of food and cultural exchanges in and around Central Asia. It discusses geographical base, and offers historical and cultural overview. A photo essay binds it all together. The book offers new views of the past.


The Security of the Caspian Sea Region

The Security of the Caspian Sea Region

Author: Gennadiĭ Illarionovich Chufrin

Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780199250202

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Published in association with the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.


Azerbaijan Since Independence

Azerbaijan Since Independence

Author: Svante E. Cornell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-05-20

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 1317476212

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Azerbaijan, a small post-Soviet republic located on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, has outsized importance becaus of its strategic location at the corssroads of Europe and Asia, its oil resources, and


The Cambridge World History

The Cambridge World History

Author: Jerry H. Bentley

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-04-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780521761628

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The era from 1400 to 1800 saw intense biological, commercial, and cultural exchanges, and the creation of global connections on an unprecedented scale. Divided into two books, Volume 6 of the Cambridge World History series considers these critical transformations. The first book examines the material and political foundations of the era, including global considerations of the environment, disease, technology, and cities, along with regional studies of empires in the eastern and western hemispheres, crossroads areas such as the Indian Ocean, Central Asia, and the Caribbean, and sites of competition and conflict, including Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. The second book focuses on patterns of change, examining the expansion of Christianity and Islam, migrations, warfare, and other topics on a global scale, and offering insightful detailed analyses of the Columbian exchange, slavery, silver, trade, entrepreneurs, Asian religions, legal encounters, plantation economies, early industrialism, and the writing of history.