Editor's note

The current issue of the Caucasus Strategic Perspectives (CSP) journal entitled “Sovereignty, Strategic Choices and Survival in the 21st Century” is dedicated to the theoretical and practical dimensions of sovereignty in an era of shifting global norms and exploring how regional states assert sovereignty amid geopolitical competition and conflict. The CSP’s summer issue also featured off-topic, yet timelywritten article covering the relevant developments beyond the South Caucasus region.
The CSP’s new issue includes 8 articles. The CSP’s current authors studied strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and the Central Asian states, the nexus between energy sovereignty and resource geopolitics, structural realism and securitization theory to safeguard sovereign, the concept of state sovereignty in the context of expanding global obligations under international law, the diaspora engagement policies of Turkic states, various forms of connectivity, the EU-Central Asia cooperation, and etc.

Authors: Farid Shafiyev
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