Addressing the Hard Security Threat in the Black Sea-South Caucasus Region
Addressing the Hard Security Threat in the Black Sea-South Caucasus Region

Summary/Abstract: NATO peace-support operations (ideally in synergy as in the Balkans with the EU) in Moldova, Georgia, and Azerbaijan-Armenia would be low-risk, low-resource affairs in hospitable environments. They would also likely be of limited duration, opening the way to political settlements in short order due to U.S. and allied political credibility in the region and potential for post-conflict reconstruction; in particular, unfreezing of EU energy transit projects. The real question is whether the U.S, NATO and EU would unnecessarily countenance Russia’s opposition to their involvement in bringing peace and prosperity to this region. Such involvement is the only way to remove the hard threats to the region’s security and to Euro-Atlantic interests in this region.

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