The draft agreement on peace does not address reparations and responsibility for the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Beyond the US election result, the attention to the South Caucasus depends on which role the emerging regional order will play in a changing global security architecture.
As the Caucasus nations aim to develop their regional identity, addressing multiple issues beyond the Karabakh conflict is essential for achieving sustainable peace.
While both Azerbaijan and Armenia share long-term regional goals, their differing views on creating a transportation corridor impede progress towards a peace agreement.
The reality of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh has reached such evident heights that EU representatives have for the first time mentioned it explicitly.
The secessionist stance adopted by some Karabakh Armenians seems to lack rationality or pragmatism when viewed through a socio-political lens.
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and its outcome might determine Russia’s future in the South Caucasus, but the role of the West in it is still an ambiguous one.
A lack of critical reporting on Baku’s narrative has not only glossed over democratic shortcomings in Azerbaijan, but it has also helped undermine the rights of Armenians.
The time is overdue for Armenia to try a different path by negotiating with Azerbaijan to ensure that the rights of minority group Armenians are guaranteed.
Normalization is a sound policy, but it remains unclear how the question of genocide will fit into the idea of ‘relations without preconditions’.
