Seminar “Iran and the Caucasus” at CSIS

Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington)
February 8, 2005

Seminar: “Iran and the Caucasus”
Featured Speakers: Alex Vatanka and Richard Giragosian
Date: Monday, February 14, 2005
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Despite the renewed focus on Iran in recent months, there has been
little attention devoted to the Iranian bid for regional influence in
the South Caucasus. The trend for Iranian influence among its northern
neighbors Azerbaijan and Armenia, as well as the recent visit to Tehran
by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the launch of the long delayed
Iran-Armenia natural gas pipeline, will be discussed. The engagement by
the Bush Administration and the European Union to manage the Iranian
challenge and the implications for security in the Caucasus will also be
examined.

Alex Vatanka is an editor and analyst with the Jane’s Information Group
in London, overseeing “Jane’s Sentinel Russia and CIS Security
Assessment” series, and is Jane’s resident expert on Iran.

Richard Giragosian, a Washington-based analyst with Abt Associates,
Inc., is a regular contributor to Jane’s Information Group as well as
other publications including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

Please RSVP to Anastasia Handy by February 11, 2005.

Anastasia Handy
Research Assistant
Russia and Eurasia Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Phone: (202) 775-7322
Fax: (202) 775-3199