The author of the monograph, a well-known political scientist, analyzes the current geopolitical situation in the Caucasus. He considers the geostrategic actions of states not only in the Caucasian region, but also in a number of other Western states. In detail, on the basis of a study of the socio-economic and political development of the region, conflicts and the prospects for their resolution, US and Western policies, K.S. Hajiyev writes about the prospects for possible overcoming the fragmentation of the Caucasus.