Russia is not simply abdicating its responsibilities towards Armenia; it is directly working against Armenia’s interests by aligning with Azerbaijan to strengthen the Russo-Azerbaijani axis and methodically discredit official Yerevan.
The images coming out of Stepanakert depict the terrifying spectacle of a population starving, thirsty, harassed and terrorized, while the world seems to look on with almost complete indifference. What could be the worst-case scenario, and to what extent will those involved respond?
Confronted with concerns over the humanitarian situation in Artsakh at a UN Security Council session, Azerbaijan’s representative held up printouts of Instagram posts to prove Armenians are lying about being methodically starved.
The Armenian nation has failed to formulate a common national strategic purpose that can encompass multiple national priorities, because of the absence of a coherent and consequential public political discourse.
Diplomacy, or more accurately diplomatic coercion, may ultimately avoid another war, but the endgame that the mediators seem certain to impose on the Artsakh Armenians would be nothing short of a total unilateral capitulation, writes Karena Avedissian.
The persistence of the hate-induced discourses and practices in Azerbaijan before and especially after the 2020 Artsakh War is indicative of the structural role of hatred in the political order created by the Aliyev regime.
International mediators have to step up their pressure on Baku, which must include the threat of sanctions in response to further military action against Armenia and continued refusal to unblock the Lachin Corridor.
Ignoring the obvious political, moral and legal realities in addressing the plight of the people of Artsakh is tantamount to watering the seeds of further instability with proliferating effects, writes Armenia’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.
Baku does not want to end the humanitarian catastrophe it precipitated by blockading the Lachin Corridor. Its intent is to ethnically cleanse Artsakh of its indigenous Armenian population that has lived and flourished on that land for millennia.
Armenia and Lebanon are two vulnerable countries linked by history, culture, a deep and unshakeable friendship and an awareness of a common destiny.
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