Possible Challenges to The Republic of Abkhazia in The Focus of Trump Administration`s Geopolitical Interests in The South Caucasus

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 6, 307 - 324, 19.06.2018

Madina Aublaa

https://doi.org/10.21488/jocas.412335

Abstract

The article reviews
the foreign policy of the 45th US President Donald Trump in the South Caucasus.
In the Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed in May 2017, which prohibits
financial assistance to the states that recognized Abkhazia’s independence and
established diplomatic relations with it, for the first time on the legislative
level America declares Abkhazia an “occupied territory”. Since 2016, America
has been strengthening military cooperation with Georgia, similar course is
pursued during the presidency of Trump. These measures, as well as the growing
escalation of the relations between the US and Iran, contribute to the
destabilization of the situation in the South Caucasus in general and in
Abkhazia in particular. Under Trump, the confrontation with Russia in the South
Caucasus has become more aggressive. Such a situation can not but affect the
interests and security of Abkhazia, which is part of the region. In this
connection, this article attempts to trace possible challenges in the foreign
policy course of US President Donald Trump to the Republic of Abkhazia.

Keywords

Abkhazia, America, Georgia, Russia, Trump, Consolidated Appropriations Act, South Caucasus

Possible Challenges to The Republic of Abkhazia in The Focus of Trump Administration`s Geopolitical Interests in The South Caucasus [Güney Kafkasya’da Trump Yönetiminin Jeopolitik Çıkarlarının Işığında Abhazya Cumhuriyeti’nin Yaşayacağı Muhtemel Zorluklar]

Abstract

Makale, 45. ABD
Başkanı Donald Trump’ın Güney Kafkasya dış politikasını incelemektedir. Mayıs
2017’de imzalanan ve Abhazya’nın bağımsızlığını tanıyan ve onunla diplomatik
ilişkiler kuran devletlere maddi yardımda bulunmayı yasaklayan Konsolide
Tahsisatlar Yasası, ilk kez Abhazya’yı “işgal altındaki topraklar” olarak
yasama düzeyinde ilan etti. 2016 yılından bu yana ABD Gürcistan’la askeri
işbirliğini güçlendiriyor ve Trump başkanlığında da benzer bir yol izlenmeye devam
ediyor. Bu önlemler ve ABD ile İran arasında ilişkilerin gelişmesi de genel
olarak Güney Kafkasya’da ve özellikle Abhazya’da durumun
istikrarsızlaştırılmasına katkıda bulunuyor. Trump yönetimi altında Güney
Kafkasya’da Rusya ile olan anlaşmazlıklar daha saldırgan hale geldi. Böyle bir
durum, bölgenin bir parçası olan Abhazya’nın çıkarlarını ve güvenliğini
etkileyecektir. Makale bu bağlamda ABD Başkanı Donald Trump’ın Abhazya
Cumhuriyeti’ne yönelik dış politikasında olası zorlukları ve tehditleri izlemeye
çalışmaktadır.

Keywords

Trump, Abhazya, Amerika, Gürcistan, Konsolide Tahsisat Yasası, Güney Kafkasya

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