The `New Great Game` Conflict and Cooperation Area South Caucasus: From Competition to Cooperation between Turkey and Russia

Authors : Murat ASADOV

Pages : 1955-1974

Doi:10.48146/odusobiad.1203863

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Publication Date : 2023-07-24

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Our research aims to compare and analyze the historical and contemporary arguments for the existence of the \`Great Game\` in Central Asia with the \`new\` Great Game theory in the South Caucasus and to evaluate the problems of using this theory. In addition, the “Great Game” in the process from the past to the present, the challenging issues in the South Caucasus, the rivalry between Turkey and Russia in the face of promising potential, and the effects of this competition on regional policies are discussed. In this sense, the geopolitical rivalry between Turkey and Russia in the region can be interpreted as a \`new\` Great Game that shares similarities with the great power rivalries of the 21st century, but there are also some clear differences from the traditional Great Game. Çalışmanın ana argümanı, Güney Kafkasya devletleri ile Türkiye arasında yakın ilişkiler kurulmasında bölgesel durum ve Rus faktörünün olası etkileri, bölgedeki Türkiye-Rusya rekabeti, Ermenistan-Azerbaycan savaşının sonuçları analiz edilmiştir. Türkiye ve Rusya\`nın bölgesel politikasında. İn the study, it was tried to explain the dynamics and development of the region where there is serious competition, including global actors as well as the countries of the region. In the research, in order to support its main argument, comparative-political analysis, systematic approach to international relations, historical and expert analysis, examination of documents, cause-effect, analysis-synthesis methods from general logic and estimation methods have been widely used.
Keywords : South Caucasus, Turkey, Georgia, \`New big game\`, geopolitics