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Azerbaijani Geopolitics
Discussing the clichés...
8 May 2014 Qafqaz University & IFEA - Baku / Conference
Dr Laurent Vinatier
Research Associate
Thomas More Institute
8 May 2014 Qafqaz University & IFEA - Baku / Conference
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ts 1. SOCAR Investments
From
Georgia
to
Switzerland
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8 May 2014 Qafqaz University & IFEA - Baku / Conference
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ts 2. Limited Foreign Soft Power
Left apart…
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ing t
he
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ts 3. In-Between
Two
« old »
friends
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Ma
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kn
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s 1. No exit but West
Whose is it… ?
An apparent
impassable frontier
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Ma
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g w
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s 2. Russia’s Hard Power Option
« We
come
in
peace
… »
Cоюзе
азербайджанских
организаций
России
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s 3. Destructured South Caucasus
Diverging priorities
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Im
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ct 1. Missed Opportunity
Before…
After…
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2. Self-Fulfilling Nationalist Prophecy
Y penser toujours…
… N’en parler jamais !
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3. Crimea and Kosovo
Differentiating
normality from
abnormality
Towards the end of territorial integrity and of sovereignty…?
