Azerbaijan and the South Caucasus Borderlands

For the U.S., improving ties with Armenia alone will only benefit Moscow and Tehran.

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As Russia is locked in a difficult war in Ukraine, its southern flank – the South Caucasus – is in disarray. There is a new balance of power there now that Azerbaijan has consolidated its victory against Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh, and, upset that Russia did not come to its aid, Armenia seems to be reorienting […]

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