Kocaeli Üniversitesi Yayınları, No: 429, Temmuz 2012, 834 p.
Caucasus is the homeland of different ethnicities. It is one of the rare regions on earth because of the diversity of language and religion. Because of the geostrategic importance, Caucasus seemed attractive to Huns, Arabs, Mongolians, Ottomans, Persians and Russians. Power struggles over Caucasus in the history affected and shaped the region politically and culturally. Diversity of ethnicities is also affected from these power struggles. In today’s world Caucasus have a privilege on international affairs because of its rich resources, geopolitical position, geostrategic importance, multicultural structure and ethnic conflicts. The region is also important on the grounds of global security.
After the collapse of Soviet Union, a vacuum of power emerged in the region. This vacuum makes regional and global powers to follow foreign policies to control the region. Unresolved and ongoing conflicts in the region continue to be a major threat to both to the region itself and to the Eurasia. Because of all these reasons, with the purposes of achieving and maintaining peace, security and stability in the Caucasus we found that it will be a great experience and opportunity to organize International Caucasia Congress, Kocaeli University as a host and with the partnerships of Eurasian National University, Bilgesam and Caucasia International.
