The first priority in the Russian strategy for undermining Azerbaijan, as the Center has long argued, (2) remains the fostering of regional political upheaval designed to destabilize the southern Caucasus and to impede the Azerbaijani leadership's ability to consolidate its nation's independence from Moscow.
Let's face it: There are reasons the Mets' executives would want to name Wright captain that have nothing to do with Wright's leadership ability reasons that have nothing to do with baseball at all.