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The article examines the policies of the United States and the EU regarding Georgian domestic policies. It identifies reasons for Georgia's deviations from its democratic path, a country whose regional importance to the United States has significantly increased amidst severe confrontations with Russia. The article analyzes the current situation in Georgia before its parliamentary elections, scheduled for the fall of 2024. It discusses the assertive and proactive policies of both Washington and the European Union acting together within the Transatlantic Partnership format. However, we can see a consistency of Washington's policy in the region, particularly evident in its approach toward Georgia in the context of the United States' growing interest in the region, underscored by the strategic importance of Black Sea coastal countries amidst the current tensions between the Russian Federation and the West.

The article examines the policy of the United States and the EU towards Azerbaijan, especially after its "anti-terrorist measures" in Nagorno-Karabakh, caused by a new round of escalation of the conflict, as well as the reaction of Azerbaijan to Washington and Brussels actions. The author gives an analysis on the extremely offensive and proactive policies of both Washington and the European Union, acting in the format of the Transatlantic Partnership. At the same time, the consistency of Washington's policy in the region is noted, which is clearly manifested in the implementation of its policy towards this country, especially in the context of its increasing interest on the side of the U.S as well as the EU taking into account the role and importance of the Black Sea-Caspian region that is becoming extremely important for the United States in the context of the current relations between the Russian Federation and the West. At the same time, it would be quite impossible to ignore growing subjectivity of Azerbaijan which is gaining momentum in the context of its geopolitical significance both for the United States and the EU, guided, in general, by its national priorities coupled with pragmatic considerations.

The article examines US policy towards the Caspian region that has a great importance for the world markets because of its large oil and gas resources as well as its being a kind of crossroads of transcontinental transport communications in the East-West and North-South directions. The region has a strategic importance for Washington, especially against the backdrop of increasing competition from the world's key powers for control of the region. The article provides an analysis of Washington's extremely offensive and proactive policy in the Caspian countries, as well as its main tools on the way of its implementation towards the region. Also US policy approaches to reformatting transport routes bypassing Russia and Iran – two key competitors of the West – have been identified and the main obstacles to the total "conquest" of this space by the United States have been discovered. At the same time, there is a strong consistency in Washington's policy towards the Caspian region, which can be seen quite clearly on the way of its realization in this area.

Today, in the context of the unfolding events around Nagorno-Karabakh, especially in terms of its post-conflict building, two major regional players, Turkey and Iran, are becoming more and more active for gaining key positions in the region. At present, Turkey is undoubtedly ahead of Iran in the South Caucasus and the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh after the anti-terrorist operation carried out there by Baku is the best proof for this. As far as Iran is concerned, Tehran, under the sanctions regime and Turkey's firmly established leadership positions in the region, is trying in every possible way to strengthen its positions there. Also Iran made a start in trying to build its relationships with all participants of the conflict as well as with the other countries in the region on a bilateral and multilateral basis, which, in its opinion, can help strengthen Tehran's role in the process of constructing regional architecture. However, currently this country is far behind Turkey, whose role and importance in the region are undeniable.

Currently, in the context of the global confrontation between Russia and the West, the US and the EU will use all the possible means capable of creating viable competition against Chinese and Russian projects, as well as various formats of regional integration of all five Central Asian countries, by creating effective projects in all spheres of their political, economic and cultural life in order to become as attractive as possible for the region. Meanwhile, the desire of both the US and the EU to take a key position in the region will depend not only on the success of their policy there, but also on the position of Central Asian countries in the context of their making a right choice between key powers competing for the influence in the region.

Currently, we can watch a significant intensification of Ankara's policy in Ukraine in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. Besides, the cooperation between these two countries in the military-political and economic spheres goes off scale. Meanwhile, Turkey's desire to become one of the world's key powers will depend not only on the implementation of Ankara's ambitious policy in Ukraine, but also on the US position, which can be adjusted in the face of Turkey's rapidly growing independence.

The article reveals Turkey's new priorities after the events happened in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone in October 2020. For the first time in the history dealing with the settlement of ethno-political conflicts in the post-Soviet space, a precedent was created when Ankara, being not a post-Soviet country, but a regional power, got involved in the conflict and won. This dramatically changed the configuration of the entire Transcaucasus in the field of security, where, on the one hand, Armenia was involved in rivalry between Russia, Turkey and Iran, while on the other - Russia and Turkey launched competitive cooperation in the region.

The current parliamentary elections in Georgia have clearly demonstrated the fact that today Washington is becoming a key figure not only in the country's foreign policy, but also in its internal political life. Under a new J.Biden administration it seems that Washington's approach to Georgia, taking into account both countries' special relationships as well as Georgian extremely favorable geopolitical/ geographical factor will become more proactive, which may greatly affect changes in the configuration of the entire South Caucasus.

The article examines the evolution of Washington's policy towards the countries of Central Asia. The reasons for the growing US interest in the Central Asian countries, as well as its recently extremely proactive policy against the backdrop of a fierce confrontation with Russia, have been identified. A step-by-step analysis of Washington's position regarding this region, together with the old and new formats of both bilateral and regional cooperation, is given in the context of the Global South agenda becoming extremely urgent against the backdrop of increasing competition for the region carried out by its key players – China, Russia, and the United States. At the same time, the role and significance of Central Asia could change depending on the place this region will occupy in the constantly changing scale of US priorities while implementing its policy towards the post-Soviet space.

The article analyzes the US policy towards Ukraine dating back from the time before the reunification of Crimea with Russia and up to Donald Trump coming to power. The spectrum of Washington's interests towards this country being of particular strategic interest to the United States are disclosed. It should be noted that since the disintegration of the Soviet Union Washington's interest in this country on the whole has not been very much different from its stand on all post-Soviet states whose significance was defined by the U,S depending on their location on the world map as well as on the value of their natural resources. However, after the reunification of Crimea with Russia Washington's stand on this country underwent significant changes, causing a radical transformation of the U,S attitude in their Ukrainian policy. During the presidency of Barack Obama the American policy towards Ukraine was carried out rather sluggishly being basically declarative in its nature. When President D. Trump took his office Washington's policy towards Ukraine became increasingly more offensive and was characterized by a rather proactive stance not only because Ukraine became the principal arena of confrontation between the United States and the Russian Federation, but also because it became a part of the US domestic political context. Therefore, an outcome of the "battle" for Ukraine is currently very important for the United States in order to prove to the world its role of the main helmsman in the context of a diminishing US capability of maintaining their global superiority.