Eurasianet

The 2020 war, and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have significantly shifted the landscape for the negotiations.

For decades Azerbaijan denounced Armenian irredentism. Now it is advancing expansionary territorial claims of its own as it seeks to impose peace on its terms.

How did diplomacy become so irrelevant to resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict?

Widely seen as one of the losers of the recent conflict, the EU could contribute to making the emerging regional order more viable – and rebuilding trust with the parties.

Moscow at first responded to the war cautiously, but was in the end forced to intervene decisively. Was this a geopolitical coup or was Moscow’s hand forced?

The violence in the South Caucasus poses challenging questions of both Russia’s capabilities and its vision for itself.