Global Power Shifts

The South Caucasus: Caught or Chosen in the New World Order?


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🎙 This week on Global Power Shifts, we turn our focus to one of the world’s most overlooked yet strategically vital regions: the South Caucasus.

Our guest is Emil Avdaliani — Georgian analyst, university professor, Oxford graduate, and contributor to the Carnegie Endowment and TRENDS Research. He specializes in Eurasian connectivity and the evolving role of Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan in a shifting global order.

From Georgia’s EU aspirations to the tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Emil argues that this narrow corridor between Europe and Asia is no longer just a post-Soviet borderland — it’s becoming a case study in 21st-century multipolarity.

We explore:

  • Why the post-Soviet label no longer fits

  • How Russia’s regional influence is being tested

  • The role of China, Turkey, and the West in shaping the Caucasus

  • What Georgia’s future tells us about global power realignment

If you want to understand how big power politics are playing out in smaller, critical places — this episode is for you.

Hosted by Jim Stenman and recorded on May 17, 2025, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
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Global Power ShiftsBy World1Media