In an interview with the Baku agency "1news.az", the professor of the Britain's Wesleyan University Peter Rutland said that the South Caucasus was not among the priority regions for the administration of the US president Obama, as it was under Bush.
"There is no doubt that in recent years the US has lost its influence in the South Caucasus. The August War between Russia and Georgia in 2008 showed how the closest U.S. ally was crushed, while the US were unable or unwilling to respond.
The US even delegated a mediation mission to the French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Critics argue that the US also failed to stop Mikhail Saakashvili from taking a military action in the rebel Georgian province of South Ossetia. After the war, the US demonstrated some solidary with Georgia, including an increased aid.
But for the Obama administration, the South Caucasus is not among the priority regions, as it was under Bush".
Kavkaz Center
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