New dividing lines emerged between the West and East, Professor of Conflict Resolution at George Mason University, Dennis J. D. Sandole said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net.

"Attacking South Ossetia, Saakashvili knew he will lose, but he wanted to draw the international community's attention to frozen conflicts. It was a call for Russia, U.S., Turkey, NATO and EU. Under the circumstances, the governments of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia can't use frozen conflicts for their own purposes," he said. "I can suppose the following scenario: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will not be "infected by recklessness" of his Georgian counterpart. Turkey will persuade Baku to search for new ways to resolve the Karabakh conflict. Russia will work with Armenia."

"All what is happening in the South Caucasus is for strengthening of Turkey and Russia's security, which need support of the regional countries. Turkey's Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform proved formation of a new control mechanism, like the one implemented in Balkans," the expert said.

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