Intro
Preface
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Shifting Global Balance of Power and the South Caucasus
The Nature of Liberal Crisis
Emergence of Eurasia as a Rival Bloc-Shifting Balance of Power
Chinese Vision
Other Eurasian Powers
The Future World Order-Different Pathways
China's Vision of Future World Order
Final Thoughts
References
3 Multipolar World and the Return of Great Power Competition to the South Caucasus
References
4 Turkey's Evolving Approach to the Black Sea and the South Caucasus Region
Ukraine-Rupture Point for Turkey's Black Sea Vision

Turkey's Ukraine Policy
Turkey's Growing Assertiveness in the South Caucasus
Assertive Turkey and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Turkey's Assertiveness and Eurasianism
Final Thoughts
References
5 Iran's Changing Strategic Position in the South Caucasus
Iran and Connectivity in the South Caucasus
Iran and Changing Balance of Power Around Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Relations with Russia
Final Thoughts
References
6 From Central Asia to the Black Sea: China and the South Caucasus
Important Geographic Bridge
The South Caucasus Countries and the BRI

Hopes for a New Regional Player Dashed
China and Foreign Actors in South Caucasus
From Central Asia to the Black Sea-A Caucas-Asian Perspective
Final Thoughts
References
7 Russia's "Return" to the South Caucasus
Geography Informs Russia's Grand Strategy in the South Caucasus
Russia and the South Caucasus-Eurasian Outlook and Order-Building
Russia's Order-Building in the South Caucasus
Decline of Russia's Prestige
The Crisis of "Separatist Empire"
The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh
Final Thoughts
References
8 Conclusion: The Future of the South Caucasus