Azerbaijan's relations with the United States in the post- Soviet Era

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After the Soviet dissolution, the newly independent post-Soviet state of Azerbaijan intensified its efforts at developing its relations with the United States. Based on the analysis of the AzerbaijanاU.S. relations between1991-2006, the thesis tries to answer which factors could account for the existing political problems between these countries, given that both countries have a common interest in deepening their cooperation concerning the Caspian energy resources as well as the fight against international terrorism. This thesis argues that although both countries have many interests in common, they are unable to deepen their level of cooperation because of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem which, since it breaches the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, is that state̕s main priority. The thesis has four main chapters: after a general overview of the evolution of Azerbaijan̕s foreign policy in the post-Soviet era and the U.S. policies towards the Caucasus, I examine Azerbaijan̕s cooperation with the U.S. in the field of energy, the Nagorno-Karabakh problem in Azerbaijan̕s relations with the U.S., and Azerbaijan̕s cooperation with the U.S. in the fight against international terrorism. In this thesis I focus on these three interests of Azerbaijan in its relations with the U.S. because in analyzing this country̕s foreign policy these are vital issues that include economic development, territorial integrity and its global political role concerning security.

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General Social Sciences.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15874

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Y. Küpçük, “Azerbaijan’s relations with the United States in the post- Soviet Era,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2006.