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That’s the puzzle we are entering the 2017 with. The Azerbaijani armed forces staged a new subversion along the Northeastern part of Armenian-Azerbaijani international border on the early morning hours of December 29 . Three Armenian soldiers are confirmed killed, while Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense spokesperson declined to comment the operation, nor published about losses — in a ...
... for preoccupation. The Western expert community noted the arrival of the Iskanders to Armenia too. Certain observers expressed concerns that this could lead to further arms race. To what extent are such concerns justified? As a matter of fact, both Armenia and Azerbaijan have long faced the so-called security dilemma, where steps by either party to protect its security create a potential threat for the other party. And yet the supply of the Iskanders to Armenia as a step aimed at maintaining a balance will ...
... compromise between the states. Compromises and a struggle to achieve them are the foundation of stabilizing the situation. One can conclude that Russia prefers such a resolution of the conflict which will have no losers. Russia will balance between Armenia and Azerbaijan, try to shift the settlement into a diplomatic format and maintain it within that format so that it does not look like the victory of one party and the crushing defeat of the other. There is much talk in Armenia now that Moscow will put pressure ...
... international body at the helm of the Nagorno Karabakh peace process. This was the first meeting between the Presidents since 2014 and although no written agreement was produced it does mark an important milestone and a new stage in the politics of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict. In a statement published after the talks, the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs (Russia, US and France), represented by their respective foreign ministers, stated that the ceasefire regime must be respected and that there is no military ...
... the sides to agree upon the Basic Principles consistently advertised by the mediators for a few years. While shepherds are still continuing to discover parts of Smerch and Grad rockets in the Nagorno Karabakh battlefields, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan scheduled separate meetings in Brussels and Paris on May 31 and June 2 with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group - the international mediators charged to actually shepherd the sides to a negotiated settlement. These gentlemen are now working ...
... steadily move towards creation of a common energy space (including the South Caucasus). Both integration blocs will have a sufficient level of trust to start the process of national legal harmonization in favor of creating common oil and gas markets. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will have to take necessary steps as well to join the common energy market. Armenia will take up the obligations of the EEU that will have more political force in favor of national legislation. Georgia will have to accept new rules ...
What are the implications of the Vienna meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan? What are the implications of the Vienna meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan? The Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Vienna on 16 May 2016 in the presence of the representatives of the countries that co-chair the ...
... reports Kazimirov noted at the start of the article that much has been said about the terms and complexities of Nagorno Karabakh conflict. The former Ambassador speaks about the conflict as unusual in terms of its stakeholders, which are three, not two (Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh, Azerbaijan). Referring to the military onslaught of Azerbaijan against Nagorno Karabalh on April 2, Kazimirov mentions that it was the largest in-scale and most bloodiest military operation since the establishment of the ceasefire regime 22 years ago....
... configuration of external and internal diplomatic and military-political factors that have not yet encouraged optimism. 1 . With Russia acting as a mediator, a ceasefire agreement was signed by the respective defense ministers of the three warring parties (Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) and confirmed by subsequent agreements in 1994-1995. See more: http://www.vn.kazimirov.ru/docs.htm
... order to be the major peacekeeper in the South Caucasus.” Russia’s stake in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Currently nobody is interested in the exacerbation of tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh, and especially not Russia. After all, both Armenia and Azerbaijan remain two of Moscow’s important strategic partners in military trade. For example, Azerbaijan continues to buy Russian weapons, including helicopters, anti-aircraft missile systems, tanks and artillery systems. Likewise, Moscow sends ...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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