Omens for the South Caucasus in the 2024 US Presidential Election
Beyond the US election result, the attention to the South Caucasus depends on which role the emerging regional order will play in a changing global security architecture.
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Triumph in Defeat: Inaugurating a New Era for Azerbaijan and Armenia
As the Caucasus nations aim to develop their regional identity, addressing multiple issues beyond the Karabakh conflict is essential for achieving sustainable peace.
Opinion – Why Armenia and Azerbaijan Diverge on the Zangezur Corridor
While both Azerbaijan and Armenia share long-term regional goals, their differing views on creating a transportation corridor impede progress towards a peace agreement.
Azerbaijan captures Russian-made electronic warfare systems in Karabakh
Azerbaijan has captured Russian-made advanced electronic warfare (EW) systems in the Karabakh region. Azerbaijani forces have seized the modern Russian-made Repellent-1 electronic warfare system and the Pole-21M jamming system from Armenia-backed disba…
European leaders tell Zelenskiy they will not waver in supporting Ukraine
EU president says 47-nation summit sends strong message to Putin amid US jitters over defence fundingRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesEuropean leaders have rallied around the Ukrainian president in the face of US jitters over defence funding, pr…
Azerbaijan’s president snubs EU-hosted talks on Nagorno-Karabakh
Ilham Aliyev will not attend meeting with Armenian PM amid anger over French decision to supply military aid to YerevanAzerbaijan will not attend an EU-brokered event in Spain where its president, Ilham Aliyev, was set to hold talks with his Armenian c…
Armenia’s parliament defies Russia in vote to join international criminal court
Moscow condemns ‘extremely hostile’ decision that would oblige former ally to arrest Putin if he visitsArmenia’s parliament on Tuesday voted to join the international criminal court (ICC), obliging the former Soviet republic to arrest Russia’s presiden…
‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled
‘What is left for the UN to monitor?’ asks one refugee who crossed the border to escape the fightingNearly the entire ethnic Armenian population has left Nagorno-Karabakh, as the first United Nations mission arrived in the largely deserted mountainous …
‘Azerbaijan is hungry for land’: Armenians fear country will seek to grab more territory
After Baku’s success in Nagorno-Karabakh, it could attempt to encroach farther, locals believeThe beehives were in no man’s land. After the border clash near his village in April, Geram drove down to the fields where his family has been farming for dec…
Almost all ethnic Armenians have left Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenian government says 100,000 people have fled since Azerbaijan took control of breakaway regionAlmost all ethnic Armenians have left Nagorno-Karabakh since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region’s militants to disarm, the Armenian gov…