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Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Deal Faces Hurdles March 25, 2025

Armenia and Azerbaijan have finalized the text of a long-awaited “Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations.” The announcement came unexpectedly from Baku and was confirmed soon after by Yerevan....

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Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Deal Looms at Last March 17, 2025

Constitutional changes and unresolved territorial issues stand in the way of a lasting agreement ...

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Armenia and Azerbaijan Agree on Historic Peace Treaty March 14, 2025

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Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations in 2025 January 09, 2025

After several decades of violence and destruction, it appears the political climate in the Caucasus is changing. On December 31, the Russian Federation announced that it had withdrawn its soldiers from the Armenian-Iranian border. Russian troops had ...

We Must Not Allow Armenia To Become Another Syria December 17, 2024

The events of the past week have shown what non-state actors, supported by aggressive states, can do. The terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and a plethora of Turkish-backed militias shocked the world by taking over Syria’s largest cities in a matt...

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Armenia and Azerbaijan at a Crossroads December 05, 2024

The geopolitical turbulence triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine, Western efforts to counter Moscow, and uncertainties surrounding the future of U.S. foreign policy underscore the strategic imperative of stabilizing the South Caucasus....

Armenia’s Struggle Against Radicalization October 09, 2024

Last month, Armenia arrested several individuals accused of recruiting others to stage a coup in the country. The group has a history of recruiting Armenian citizens as foreign fighters in Russia’s war in Ukraine....

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How To Prevent the Next Azerbaijan-Armenia War October 09, 2024

There’s a chance to avert a brewing conflict over the so-called ‘Zankezur Corridor,’ particularly with US, EU help ...

The Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty is ‘Within Reach’ October 02, 2024

September 2024 marks the fourth anniversary of the Second Karabakh War and the first anniversary of Azerbaijan’s “anti-terror operation” against the Armenian separatist contingency in the Karabakh region, and peace negotiations between Armenia and Az...

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The Armenian Paradox October 01, 2024

There is a plethora of worthy analyses suggesting Armenia is loosening ties with Russia. The reality is otherwise. ...

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U.S. is Positioning Armenia for Defeat September 30, 2024

Amid escalating repressions and police brutality in Armenia, the Biden Administration has taken a controversial position: it has unequivocally thrown its weight behind the country’s increasingly autocratic and embattled prime minister, Nikol Pashinya...

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U.S. & Turkey Offer Support for Peace Between Armenia and Azerbaijan September 21, 2024

This week, Azerbaijan held a conference on the “Modern Challenges to the Security of Global Transport Networks.” Over 50 representatives and foreign officials attended the forum. During the event, participants stressed the importance of “expanding in...

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The Armenian Catastrophe September 21, 2024

For the first time in over a millennium, there are no Armenians left in Nagorno-Karabakh. They survived the Mongol and Arab invasions and the age of empires, when tsars, shahs and sultans fought for this strategic intersection of trade routes and mil...

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How the U.S. Should Win Over Armenia August 21, 2024

As the Ukraine war slogs on and the Middle East is as unstable as ever, it has become clear that the world is not going the way Washington wants. ...

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Armenia Ends Russian Oversight at Yerevan Airport August 19, 2024

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Military Supplies to Armenia Escalate Tensions in South Caucasus August 07, 2024

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Armenia Reaches ‘Point of No Return’ in Withdrawal From CSTO August 07, 2024

On July 12, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed that Armenia plans to withdraw from the Russian-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organization. This confirmation follows agreements for Russian border guards to leave Armenia, further ...

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Armenia and Azerbaijan Hold Peace Talks July 26, 2024

Following a tense spring, it appears that Armenian and Azerbaijani officials are making progress on a peace agreement. Earlier this month, foreign ministers from both countries gathered in Washington to discuss the peace process in further detail. U....

Russia Isn’t Behind Armenia’s Military Defeats July 20, 2024

Former Soviet republics have a penchant for conspiracy theories, preferring to blame national minorities, antagonistic neighbors, and foreigners for protests, revolutions, economic crises, and military defeats. Conspiracies against the nation are all...

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Iran’s Expectations for Political Developments in Armenia July 19, 2024

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is moving Armenian foreign policy away from traditional alliances with Russia and Iran, favoring closer ties with the West which could be an important paradigm shift in its foreign policy after dependence on Mo...

The Palestinian Authority Is Collapsing July 18, 2024

Since April, nine countries—Armenia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Ireland, Jamaica, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, and Trinidad and Tobago—have formally recognized the state of Palestine. ...

Armenia’s Misguided “Pivot to the West” July 18, 2024

Europe and the United States have recklessly encouraged Armenia to leave the Russian orbit without a plan to protect it from Putin’s wrath. ...

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Azerbaijan Should Pay a Price for Its Ethnic Cleansing July 18, 2024

Last September, Azerbaijani forces attacked the self-governing enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and within days all 120,000 ethnic Armenians fled their ancestral homeland, most becoming refugees in neighboring Armenia. Azerbaijan called it a voluntary ex...

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Russian Ally Makes Independence Day Plea to Joe Biden July 05, 2024

Armenia's prime minister has hailed his country's strategic cooperation with the U.S. in an Independence Day letter to President Joe Biden amid growing uncertainty about Yerevan's future in a Moscow-led security alliance. ...

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Russian and Armenian Religious Revanchism July 02, 2024

Of the fifteen republics in the USSR, only Russia and Armenia harbored revanchist territorial claims towards their neighbors based on nationalistic myths of a historical state that was larger than their Soviet republic....

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