Focused on Iran? Exploring the rationale behind the strategic relationship between Azerbaijan and Israel

被引：9

作者：

Souleimanov, Emil ^{[1
]}

Ehrmann, Maya ^{[2
]}

Aliyev, Huseyn ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Charles Univ Prague, Inst Int Studies, Fac Social Sci, Prague 15800 5, Czech Republic

[2] Kings Coll London, War Dept, London WC2R 2L5, England

[3] Univ Otago, Dept Polit, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand

来源：

SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN AND BLACK SEA STUDIES | 2014年 / 14卷 / 04期

关键词：

military cooperation; Iran; Azerbaijan-Israeli relations; South Caucasus; strategic partnership; regional insecurity; SOUTH CAUCASUS REPUBLICS;

D O I：

10.1080/14683857.2014.967945

中图分类号：

K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ;

摘要：

This article, unlike the small but rapidly expanding body of literature on Azerbaijan's relations with Israel, focuses on the role of Iranian influence as a factor strengthening the strategic partnership that has been successfully blossoming between Azerbaijan and Israel in areas of economic, cultural, developmental and more recently, military cooperation. This study aims to examine the key characteristics of bilateral cooperation between the two countries and seeks to investigate the incentives which have aided to create and cement this atypical partnernship. Among a variety of mutual interests that have allowed the Azerbaijani-Israeli partnership to flourish, this study emphasizes the pivotal role of Iranian-Israeli hostilities which correlate with Azerbaijan's own grievances with Iran. This study argues that the discrete but strategically important partnership between Azerbaijan and Israel is encouraged not only by the existence of mutually beneficial economic incentives but also by the security threats emanating from Iran.

引用

页码：471 / 488

页数：18