Irrelevant Intrigues and Diminished Power Projection: Russia in Retreat from the Middle East

Ambitions rather than interests have shaped Russian policy in the Middle East in the last decade, and the overlapping crises in this turbulent region have indeed presented many useful opportunities…

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The Time Is Right for Ukraine to Revisit the Lessons of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh that began in late September 2020 and lasted 44 days generated extensive analyses among journalists, academics, politicians, and…

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The Epoch of Regional Powers: Why Russia Lost and Turkey Won in Nagorno-Karabakh

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) For the first time ever, an external actor and a NATO member—Turkey—became engaged in military hostilities in the former Soviet space. The Second Karabakh War in…

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Karabakh After the 44-Day War: Russian Peacekeepers and Patterns

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) After the September-November war of 2020, Azerbaijan liberated its seven occupied territories and established rule over Karabakh. A significant share of that region went under the…

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The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in a Global South Perspective

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War beginning on September 27, 2020, and terminating on November 10 due to a fourth, Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement, resulted in a historic sea-change…

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To Tango With the Bear: Turkey-Russia Relations ın a Turbulent Regıon

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Turkey and Russia have had a Janus-faced relationship in the post-Cold war era. While economic relations propelled by increasing energy ties have created a cooperative setting…

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New Wave of Islamic Extremism Adds to Putin’s Troubles

(Eurasia Daily Monitor) The series of terrorist attacks in France, in late October, attracted much attention in Russia, sharply dividing public opinion and leaving President Vladimir Putin in an awkward limbo.…

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Aktürk: Russia has considerable soft power within EU member states through its connections with far-right, anti-immigrant, and Islamophobic groups

(TRT World) Russia and Turkey face each other on opposing sides over several fronts across Eurasia, from Libya to Syria, and now Azerbaijan, too. Experts say Moscow is hitting Syria’s Idlib…

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Radnitz: It’s hard for Azerbaijan to get a face-saving compromise when they say they won’t stop short of recovering all occupied territories

(Live Science) Since the end of September, hundreds of soldiers and civilians are thought to have been killed in a rapidly developing conflict between the rival Caucasus nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan. …

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No peacemakers for the new/old Caucasian war: Understanding the Armenia-Azerbaijan clash

(Brookings) full-blown war erupted in the South Caucasus last Sunday, September 27, and as the two belligerents — Armenia and Azerbaijan — mobilize their forces under martial law, no international authority…

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