![Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the end of a joint news conference following a meeting at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia on March 5, 2020 [Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20914942.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Developments in the South Caucasus indicate the West is no longer a relevant player in Russia and Turkey’s back yard.
Asbed Kotchikian
Kotchikian's area of research focuses on socio-political conflict in the Middle East and former Soviet space. For the past 20 years he has conducted e... xtensive field research on political regimes and state institutions, civil/ethnic wars, and social movements (revolutions) in Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
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