Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Security Issues and Implications for U.S. Interests
Journal: University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)
Year: 2010

The South Caucasus region has been the most unstable in the former Soviet Union in terms of the number, intensity, and length of ethnic and civil conflicts. Other emerging or full-blown security problems include crime, corruption, terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and narcotics trafficking. The regional governments have worked to bolster their security by combating terrorism, limiting political dissent they view as threatening, revamping their armed forces, and seeking