Richard Outzen

Dec. 23, 2025

The South Caucasus: Winners and Losers. Talking with Rich Outzen, Senior Advisor at Dragoman LLC.

Rich Outzen analyzes the dynamics of the Armenian and Azerbaijan relationship and its neighbors Turkey. Russia and Iran. He also highlights TRIPP. Reasons for optimism.
April 30, 2025

US Coercive Diplomacy and the Global Order. Talking with author Dr. Rich Outzen

Is Coercive Diplomacy as efficacious today as it once was ? Or have targets - like Russia - learned to hedge the risks from US economic, military and diplomatic sanctions.
Feb. 14, 2024

Sweden, Turkey, Nato and the $23 billion F16 deal. Talking with Dr. Rich Outzen.

Sweden’s 20 month struggle to join NATO: what Turkey 🇹🇷 won.
April 11, 2023

The Black Sea Strategic Triangle: Talking with Rich Outzen of the Atlantic Council.

Turkey’s dominance of the Black Sea during the Ukraine War while maintaining commercial and diplomatic ties with Russia has been a tight rope walk.
Sept. 1, 2022

Turkey and Ukraine: Walking a tightrope between NATO and Russia. Talking with Rich Outzen, geopolitical consultant and nonresident fellow of the Atlantic Council.

Turkey is arming its neighbor Ukraine and at the same time, trying to broker a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. How do they pull it off ?