The Caucasus: Between East and West
... infrastructure of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) was completely dismantled. Azerbaijan became the second state after Russia to integrate the secessionist territory... ... status quo also contributed to Iran’s notable invigoration. Two Eurasian giants, China and India, have also adopted a higher profile in the Caucasus. With the start... ... post-Karabakh status quo has been “synced up” with a large-scale crisis in Russian-Armenian relations, whereas confrontation mounts between Russia and the West just as...