Nov 12 2020 24 mins 107
The most recent flare up of the decades-old border tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh - as well as a recently negotiated - if problematic - peace agreement - is a prime example of how local competitions are growing more complex in a multi-polar world. In this episode of the the Essential Geopolitics podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Rodger Baker, Senior Vice President for Strategic Analysis for Stratfor and RANE, looks deeper at the concept of “squeezed states with Dr. Zurab Khonelidze, the Rector of Sokhumi State University, located in the South Caucasus nation of Georgia and Lasha Kasradze, the US Liaison Officer for the University. Kasradze translated for Dr. Khonelidze and added his own insights. Learn more about Stratfor’s intelligence and forecasting! Sign up for our FREE newsletter at worldview.stratfor.com.
