In this podcast Guus Rotink meets Agha Bayramov, an assistant professor at the University of Groningen. They discuss a significant, but often overlooked impact of the War in Ukraine, namely the changing international relations within the South Caucasus. The war in Ukraine is impacting the region’s power structures and perhaps offers potential other powers than Russia to increase their influence. The podcast looks specifically at reactions to the conflict in Armenia as well as Azerbaijan and at how both countries could operate going forward. Does the current situation provide problems for these two states which have been in conflict with one and another for decades, or does it rather provide a rare opportunity for true positive change?

Agha Bayramov received his PhD from the University of Groningen and is an assistant professor at the department of International Relations and International Organisation of the University of Groningen. Amongst others, his field of expertise revolves around energy security, geopolitics, the Caspian Sea region, Nagorno-Karabakh and Eurasia.

Hosted By: Guus Rotink