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The South Caucasus and Iran in the post-sanctions era: pursuing greater interconnectedness amidst continuing constraints and scaled-down expectations

The lifting of international nuclear-related sanctions on Iran in January 2016 was enthusiastically welcomed by the Islamic Republic’s neighbours in the South Caucasus. Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have hoped that Iran’s rapprochement with the West and the unfreezing of some hundred billion dollars worth of assets abroad would lead Iran to step up its trade and investment activities in the Caucasus, especially in the energy and transport sectors. However, the anticipated benefits have been slow in coming, as Iran has shown reluctance to fund infrastructural projects in the Caucasus. On the other hand, there have been positive developments in trade and tourism flows and the power transmission sector. On the whole, although Iran is interested in closer economic cooperation with the South Caucasus, it relies on the region’s countries to provide the momentum and secure the resources necessary to achieve this goal. (Autorenreferat)

The South Caucasus and Iran in the post-sanctions era: pursuing greater interconnectedness amidst continuing constraints and scaled-down expectations

Urheber*in: Weiss, Andrea; Zabanova, Yana

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1861-1761
Extent
Seite(n): 8
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
SWP Comment (24/2017)

Subject
Internationale Beziehungen
internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik
Iran
Aserbaidschan
Armenien
Georgien
politische Sanktion
wirtschaftliche Sanktion
internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
UdSSR-Nachfolgestaat
Energiewirtschaft
Infrastruktur
EU

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Weiss, Andrea
Zabanova, Yana
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
(where)
Deutschland, Berlin
(when)
2017

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53022-4
Rights
GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
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Object type

  • Stellungnahme

Associated

  • Weiss, Andrea
  • Zabanova, Yana
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

Time of origin

  • 2017

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