The first set relates to the interactions of the national interests of the States involved, including the big powers and regional players, and the action or lack of action on the part of the international organizations. These have to act coherently and efficiently, as demonstrated by their management of the Transcaucasian crises. In a third set of conclusions, a typology of patterns of co-operation between the UN and the CSCE, as a regional arrangement based on the Transcaucasian experience, is proposed. The interests of the Western States are threefold. Their first aim is to preserve their historic ties and geopolitical alliances with the countries involved.
Similar motives determine the policies of neighbouring countries and regional powers.
These States have specific interests to defend. The Turkish-US friendship, for instance, has been clearly reinforced by common initiatives and positions. The warring parties have threefold interests to defend. The conflicts in Transcaucasia constituted a test case for the capacity of the UN and the CSCE to act as mediators and military peacekeepers. Here, the United Nations Organization is confronted in particular with the gap between the normative and operative imperatives of its intervention.