Our Security and European Integration

Yerevan, Research Center  “Region”,  2007 

288 pages

The security and European integration of the South Caucasus countries. Which of the two is the cause? Which of them is the consequence? What indices are deployed by the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian politicians and experts to determine the level of the security of their countries? How can these indices alter in the course of European integration? Is there regionalism in the formation of the security systems of the South Caucasus states? Can the instillation of European values become a basis for the reinforcement of their securities? Readers interested in currently existing opinions on these issues in the South Caucasus countries can find many interesting things in this collection of materials. All the materials are exclusive.

The book was prepared within the framework of “There Attempts of European Integration: Security of the South Caucasus Countries and European Integration, European Values” project supported by the Delegation of the European Commission to Armenia. The opinions expressed in the book may not coincide with the opinions of the Delegation of the European Commission.

The book is in Armenian, Russian and English.

Introduction: L. Baghdasaryan
Editors and translators:  Laura Baghdasaryan, Kristine Soghikyan, Hrach Bayadyan
Design: Satenik Farmazyan

Interviews with the politicians were held by:

Rafayel Teymurazyan in Armenia
Shahin Rzayev in Azerbaijan
Nina Argutinskaya in Georgia.