Hard Times for Multivectorism in Post-Soviet Space: Azerbaijan between Russia and the West

... and acclaimed role as European energy security contributor with its 580.000-750.000 barrels of oil per day till late 2015. With current low prices, increasing costs of drilling and thinning resources, Ilham Aliyev fought a short war in April 2016 in Nagorno Karabakh — aiming to build momentum for mounting pressures on Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia, but in vain. As a result, Baku faced the strong and consolidated position of the international mediators aimed to strengthen ceasefire regime, demonstrated ...