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STRATFOR Chief Executive: â€œTo solve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, it needs to wait for changing of Armeniaâ€™s foreign policy or full freezing of the conflictâ€

10 June 2010 11:10 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementieva â€“ APA. A round table focusing on the US foreign policy was organized at the Strategic Research Center under the President of Azerbaijan on Thursday. According to APA, Chief Executive of STRATFOR global intelligence company, Prof. George Friedman attended the round table. He said the United States was not always having concrete position and strategy on a number of issues. Regarding his countryâ€™s policy towards the South Caucasus, Freidman said â€œthis policy depended on the policy of Russia, Iran and Turkey. The United States has no concrete position on a number of issues. The country has not come out of the shock caused by the September 11 events. US didnâ€™t interfere in the Russian-Georgian conflict in 2008 because the conflict was developing rapidly and the United States didnâ€™t have a chance to interfere. Besides it was engaged in the problems of Iraq, Afghanistan and other problems. The situation in the region is dynamically changing and the conflict in Georgia may find its solution in 2012-2014â€.

Freidman said Azerbaijan was not among the important priorities of the United States and relations between the two countries could be established on better basis. STRATFOR CEO said â€œto solve the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, it needs to wait for changing of Armeniaâ€™s foreign policy or full freezing of the conflictâ€. â€œThe war is not a solution to the conflict. It would be better to think about the impact of this issue on the international community. Is there any use in the risk or use of force? It needs to make decision because the war could lead to unexpected resultsâ€.

George Freidman founded STRATFOR in 1996. The firm collects and analyses materials about the world developments and makes economic and political forecasts. Freidman is one of the influential political scientists of the United States. He has authored several books, including The Next 100 Years, Americaâ€™s Secret War, The Intelligence Edge, and The Future of War.