POLITICS
UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS HOLDS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CAUCASUS
Baku, April 20 (AZERTAC). The oldest educational institution in Scotland, the University of St. Andrews, dedicated its annual conference to the history, culture, politics, and regional and international security of the Caucasus.
The international conference was organized by the University of St. Andrews Centre for Russian, Soviet and Central and Eastern European Studies (CRSCEES) and supported by British Academy is the National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The event has brought together the Ambassadors of Southern Caucasus countries in Great Britain, outstanding scholars on Caucasian studies, teachers and students of the University. The Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Great Britain Fakhraddin Gurbanov participated at the event.
The aim of the conference was to look at the Caucasus as it appears in the cultural imaginations of those nations and empires with which its historical life has been inextricably intertwined, and to compare such views with the self-understanding and experience of the diverse national traditions of which it is comprised.
The participants discussed a wide range of themes related to the Caucasian self-identity, geopolitics and legacy; history and cultural domination; religion and ecumenical developments; energy and pipeline politics; the roles of NGOs and intergovernmental organizations; conflicts and peace negotiations, prospects for regional integration, etc.