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#Russia: Watch on the Southern Front. George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures

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🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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#Russia: Watch on the Southern Front. George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures @GPFutures
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/russia-seals-its-southern-border/

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0:00.0

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0:04.5

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0:26.7

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0:35.2

This is CBSI in the world. I'm John Patrick with George Friedman, the founder and chairman

0:39.2

of Geopolitical Futures, a subscription site, looking at the strategy, the thinking of Eurasia,

0:47.0

the vast world island. Right now, Russia has a southern border that has been at odds with

0:54.8

Russia's sense of confidence since the end of the Soviet Union. There's the North Caucasus

0:59.7

and the South Caucasus. Recently concluded this Azerbaijan overrun a paramilitary union

1:07.3

in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian ethnics fled for their own reasons, and now Nagorno-Karabakh

1:14.4

and Azerbaijan are in the hands of a republic that is well-armed and well-disposed towards

1:21.2

Moscow's development. However, is this adequate for Russia's sense of security? Because

1:26.3

Georgia's part of the South Caucasus, and the last time I was there, George, in 2018, there

1:32.0

were NATO forces exercising in the hills of Georgia. So does Russia feel secure with Azerbaijan

1:40.4

backing off Armenia and with Georgia entertained as a future member of either NATO or the EU?

1:48.1

Well, first, remember, Azerbaijan is a giant oil producer, and the Russians have stood them

1:56.6

away, far away from them. They wanted to be with Armenia. Armenia is a producer very little

2:03.2

and a little economic value. So part of this is that if Azerbaijan and the Russians cooperate,

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