A Broken Region: The Persistent Failure of Integration Projects in the South Caucasus

Thomas De Waal

Europe-Asia Studies, 2012, vol. 64, issue 9, 1709-1723

Abstract: This essay reviews failed historical attempts at regional integration in the South Caucasus since the early twentieth century, and in particular the failed Transcaucasian federations of 1918 and 1922–1936 and the breakdown of Soviet economic integration in the region. It argues that there is much that makes the South Caucasus a viable region in terms of geography, culture and economic potential, but political contradictions and persistent perceptions of insecurity make for a pattern of recurring fragmentation. Both Caucasians and outsiders have a role to play if voluntary integration is to work as a project in the future.

Date: 2012
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