Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cohen, Ronen A.
• Lev, Tzvi

Titel

Azerbaijan's state building power as a reflection of Israel-Iran hostility

Ist Teil von

• British journal of Middle Eastern studies, 2023-01, Vol.50 (1), p.107-122

Ort / Verlag

Exeter: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Just after the collapse of the USSR in 1991 Azerbaijan became a sovereign state with a desire to be more modern and advanced than previously-and less religious, though not totally secular, than its immediate neighbour the Islamic Republic of Iran. This article will show the calculations made by Azerbaijan to find a balance that would allow it to achieve the confidence necessary to both take on an important regional role as a modern and progressive state while juggling its relations with Russia, Iran, Armenia, and Israel. While fulfilling its strategic needs, Azerbaijan has been using its geo-strategic position to manoeuvre itself through a maze of regional pressures and both develop its national identity, its regional and world views as well as its preferred religious orientation − while using Israel to serve as its bridge to the West.