ISSN 1829-4618

SOUTHERN CAUCASUS. THE PROJECTION OF HARMONY AND REGIONAL SECURITY

By: Levon Shirinyan, Department of Politology, K. Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University

The harmonious development and the threshold of safety for the South Caucasus have local (regional) as well as international measurement: with a continuous coverage of the arc Balkans - Middle East - South Caucasus - Central Asia. The significance of the issue requires fundamentally new models to connect to traditional approaches which have already proven to be ineffective. For this case, the EU structure can be considered as an accurate model. It can include the logic of "segmental pluralism" and "consensus democracy" as a comparison of the interests of more or less significant "autonomies". In this case, the South Caucasus will transform from a "security consumer" to the "security exporter" first of all for limitrophe countries.

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