South Caucasus

Opening the Araxes Rail Link between Armenia and Azerbaijan: Why the EU Should Support the Connection

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The South Caucasus has entered a new phase since the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, with Baku now holding the advantage. This new paradigm could pave the way…

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In the Caucasus, There Is a Peace Agreement but Not Peace

(Jacobin) Last fall, Armenia was devastated by a six-week war with its neighbor Azerbaijan, ending in the deployment of Russian peacekeepers across the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh. Yet the “peace agreement” has…

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Kakachia: The recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh vividly demonstrated that major Western actors like the US and EU were absent

(Eurasianet) When Joe Biden becomes president of the United States on January 20, he will be surrounded by a foreign policy team with deep experience in the former Soviet Union. But…

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Will Armenia Recognize the Independence of Nagorno-Karabakh?

(defactostates.ut.ee) Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has not been recognized by any UN member state, including Armenia. There have been some rumors about Uruguay’s willingness to recognize NKR’s independence as well as Tuvalu’s intentions to establish…

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