JEOPOLİTİK STRATEJİ

The Central Asia and the Caucasus region of the post-Cold War era comprises in fact three distinct geographic regions (i.e., the Black Sea, which touches upon the Caucasus that could also be divided into the North Caucasus and the South Caucasus, and Central Asia) and one geopolitically invented region (i.e., the Caspian Basin). The answer is A.

The Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization was established in 1992 as a regional economic organization in the Black Sea region. The answer is D.

The three independent Caucasian countries are Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The correct answer is C.

Romania joined the EU in 2007. The answer is D.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union, all five Central Asian soviet socialist republics declared their independence in 1991 and became independent nations of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The answer is E.

Near Abroad Policy is a Russian policy mainly to watch over the situation of the ethnic Russians living in the newly independent states in the 1990s. The answer is A.

The Minsk Group was established in order to resolve the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh. The answer is C.

Russia’s most notable activity in post-Soviet Central Asia was military intervention on behalf of the government in Tajikistan. The intervention was also supported by Uzbekistan and contributed to regional stability by preventing the spread of destabilizing effects of a civil war. While Russia pressured the Tajik government to negotiate with opposition groups, leading to the peace deal signed in June 1997, the intervention also created tension between Tajiks and Uzbeks living in Tajikistan. The answer is C.

Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan signed the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea on August 12, 2018. The answer is D.

Russia supported Armenia in the Nagorno- Karabakh conflict as a lever against Azerbaijan. The answer is E.