Articolo originale: http://www.asrie.org/asrie/2016/03/17/the-geopolitical-game-in-south-caucasus/ This report aims at presenting the current situation in the South Caucasus after recent meetings occurred in Moscow between the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, as well as in Baku between the Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and the Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev. The importance of these meetings is given by the current situation in the region: at the moment Azerbaijan is facing an economic crisis due to the drop of oil prices and the President Ilham Aliyev has announced the new economic policy concentrated on non-oil sectors. Georgia is still pondering is foreign policy trying to become part of the Europian Union while maintaining its political relations with Russia, with whom is discussing further deals and agreements relating to the energy market, whereas Armenia is de facto dependent on Russian economic, energy and military support and aids. The South Caucasus has been part of the geopolitical game between Moscow and the West since the Cold War and continues after the collapse of the Soviet Union; since their independence the Republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have been influenced by regional key players, i.e. Turkey and Iran, and international powers, Russia, the United States and later the European Union. On March 10, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met the Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss mutual cooperation and strategic partnership in different fields. During their meeting the two presidents focused their attention on the perspectives of the integration’s development in the Eurasia region sharing their views and opinions regarding the regional and international problems and threats. Putin and Sargsyan evaluated the current situation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its negotiation and peace process; both of them agreed that the region needs stabilisation and security and that the peace process should register a step forward in order to avoid an escalation of the conflict. Putin stated that Armenia is one of Russia’s strategic partners and there is no need to characterise the bilateral relations. Moreover, he added that during the last year the two countries have achieved important goals and success but there are still some unresolved problems in economic cooperation. The Kremlin leader underlined that this cooperation has to register a progress and both parties should jointly work to reach future goals and further development. Given the fact that Armenia has the presidency of CSTO, the Russian Federation needs to improve its dialogue and relations with Erevan, enhancing dialogue regarding security, counter-terrorism and the fight against organised crime. Sargsyan stated that Armenia will try to improve the decisions taken during the previous sessions in September and December during its CSTO’s presidency; in addition, particular attention will be given on what is happening along the border zones of the organisation. As stated by Sargsyan, Armenia has continued to support the Russian position over Syria and pleasantly welcome dialogue between the Kremlin and the White House about a possible truce and peace dialogue in Syria. The Armenian president underlined that Erevan still wants to achieve a...