... the staff of the international non-governmental organization
Crisis Action
, that deals with the challenges of protecting civilians from armed conflicts.
The speech and the following discussion focused on the humanitarian aspects of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh and the possible role of the international community in preventing a humanitarian catastrophe in the conflict zone. Broader issues of potential cooperation between Russia and the West in the interests of a political settlement of the crisis in the South Caucasus were also touched upon.
... Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum natural gas pipeline, both of which are gates for Azerbaijan to transport its oil and natural gas, the so-called "Caspian Sea wealth," to Turkey, Europe and other global markets.
A Blow to Russian Interests
Christian Wollny:
Nagorno-Karabakh: A Frozen Conflict Rethawed
The location of the attack or the clashes indicates that they were against Turkish-Western and Turkish-Azerbaijani interests. Nonetheless, they are also a blow against Russia's interests and role in a region ...
... governments websites. Ongoing cyber-attacks of this nature are a fundamental part of any modern-day battle plan. However, they are liable to be just as damaging as conventional weapons.
What Can EU Do For You?
It is clear that a solution in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh is inconceivable without Russia. With Turkey deliberately instigating the Azerbaijan government, Russia sees itself as a mediator to both, Armenia and Azerbaijan. While there is a
Russian military base
located in Armenia, and is considered Armenia’s protector, Russian neutrality ...
... with a Muslim country, and of confirming Turkish regional ambitions in the Middle East and the Black Sea. If Turkey intervenes militarily, the only two possible options will be to leave Nagorno-Karabakh to the Azeris or else a military intervention by Russia to support Armenia in its actions in Nagorno-Karabakh, as the Westerners do not want to risk interfering.
Azerbaijan can count on the sporadic presence of Chechens, often mercenaries, who are used to taking part in this type of conflict, as has been the case in Abkhazia and Syria. Mercenaries ...
... This kind of assistance shifts the balance of power of the warring parties dramatically, gives Azerbaijan false hope that the Nagorno-Karabakh can be resolved quickly through military means and, as a result, makes the signing of any peace agreement that ... ... over his many opponents in the eastern and southern regions, then it will face increasingly serious problems. And not only with Russia, but also with a number of other countries that are involved in the Libyan crisis in one way or another, from Egypt to ...
... very large regional shocks: such hypothetical and unlikely scenarios as destabilization in the Russian North Caucasus, the war of Russia and Turkey, etc. Another defrosting mechanism can be a regional war, which arose initially due to the escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh — Turkey, Russia and, less likely, Iran may be involved into a full-scale war of Armenia and Azerbaijan. This may also involve Georgia in these catastrophic processes. In this sense, the key to peace in the South Caucasus lies in Nagorno-Karabakh. The settlement ...
... Nagorno-Karabakh region, the CSTO indeed proved to be a cosmetic image of Russia-Armenia defence and security relations.
EPA/DMITRY LOVETSKY/Vostock Photo
Murad Gassanly:
Azerbaijan and the Four Day War: Breaking
the Karabakh Deadlock
Moreover, in the light of Russia's procrastination efforts on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia is also eager to gain political dividends from the West on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Furthermore, Yerevan officials are willing to achieve some sympathy prior to parliamentary elections in Armenia, notably after ...
... Evseev:
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Minsk Process as
a Path to Settlement
An Atypical Consensus between Russia and the West
Unlike in the conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, the southeast of Ukraine, and the Balkans, the stances adopted by Russia and the West on the Nagorno-Karabakh confrontation are virtually identical
[4]
. Today, the three countries that co-chair the Minsk Group (the United States, Russia and France) retain the consensus acknowledging the revised “Madrid principles” as the basis for ...
... Jefferson to James Madison, 6 Sept. 1789: Papers 15:392—97. Available at:
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch2s23.html
2
. Hovhannes Nikoghosyan, “A Little War that Didn’t Shake the World: a View from Yerevan,” Russian International Affairs Council, 08 April 2016,
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3
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http://newsarmenia.am/news/armenia/eabr-v-armenii-zafiksirovano-rezkoe-padenie-vospriyatiya-rossii-kak-druzhestvennoy-strany/
4
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http://www.panorama.am/en/news/2016/06/27/Washington-Nagorno-Karabakh-Vienna-Saint-Petersburg/1603785
5
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http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/foreignpolicy/20352/
... Russia, it is primarily linked to the relations with the West. With Donald Trump becoming President, the confrontation between Russia and the United States – and the West as a whole – might somewhat de-escalate. In such a context, the Ukrainian ... ... early to say that the conflict has transitioned into a “frozen” state similar to the situations in Transnistria and Nagorno-Karabakh. There will still be grounds for a political resolution, and all the parties need to make use of this opportunity....
