Ideological Trends in the South Caucasus: Parliaments, Political Parties, Religion and the Post-Soviet Ideological Legacy

National statehood, Western orientation, the Russian factor and new ideological confrontations For a long time, international analysis portrayed the South Caucasus mainly as an arena of geopolitical rivalry — a “chessboard” on which the spheres of influence of great powers collided. Today, however, the region can no longer be explained solely along a “pro-Western versus pro-Russian” axis. Azerbaijan, Georgia and A...

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