Eurasianet

The war lasted 44 days. Cleaning up the explosives it left behind will take years.

The mood in Baku is triumphal but it’s heavy and vengeful rather than joyous.

The handover of territory has brought Azerbaijani forces into close contact with several Armenian towns and a critical road, leading some locals to blame the central government for failing to protect them.

A new documentary on a Soviet soccer star also tells the story of Central Asia’s ethnic Korean community, which was deported en masse to the region by Stalin.

The new fighting was an early test for the Russian peacekeeping mission as it tries to manage a new, ambiguous de facto border that passes through populated areas.

Turkey helped Azerbaijan win on the battlefield, but what Ankara stands to gain geopolitically remains to be seen.

The Azerbaijani government has promised to prosecute any war crimes, but many are skeptical of its sincerity.

The previously apolitical figure has emerged as a challenger to the embattled prime minister. But his chances of success aren’t clear.

The distant war may play a role in Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative.

The handover was confused, as the current Armenian residents got multiple mixed messages over whether they could stay.

Hundreds of soldiers on each side are still missing three weeks after fighting stopped.

For those of us advocating for progressive values in Azerbaijan, the war has been a setback.

Experts estimate that reconstruction could take 10 years and tens of billions of dollars.

The statement comes as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is coming under increasing criticism for his handling of the war and ceasefire negotiations.

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?