Comments on: Chris Deliso http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/09/08/chris-deliso-2/ Interviews of foreign policy experts, writers and activists. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:05:47 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ttn mobile http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/09/08/chris-deliso-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3799 ttn mobile Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:18:50 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=1037#comment-3799 Great Article. Thanks. I agree Great Article. Thanks. I agree

]]> By: Mizgin http://antiwar.com/radio/2008/09/08/chris-deliso-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2581 Mizgin Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:25:24 +0000 http://antiwar.com/radio/?p=1037#comment-2581 This interview was conducted a few days after Turkish president Abdullah Gul made a visit to Armenia (September 6) and a few days before Gul went to Azerbaijan (September 10 or so--don't remember the exact date now). Turkey had closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in support of Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh. I don't think that there is any danger of a flare-up of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue at the moment because it appears that Turkey has an interest in settling so-called "separatist" issues in the region because of events in Georgia. Turkey sees Georgia as a critical area for energy transport as well as an entryway into Central Asia, however Russia is Turkey's number one trading partner so it will be very interesting to see how the new changes in regional hegemony will play out. This interview was conducted a few days after Turkish president Abdullah Gul made a visit to Armenia (September 6) and a few days before Gul went to Azerbaijan (September 10 or so–don’t remember the exact date now). Turkey had closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in support of Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh.

I don’t think that there is any danger of a flare-up of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue at the moment because it appears that Turkey has an interest in settling so-called “separatist” issues in the region because of events in Georgia.

Turkey sees Georgia as a critical area for energy transport as well as an entryway into Central Asia, however Russia is Turkey’s number one trading partner so it will be very interesting to see how the new changes in regional hegemony will play out.

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