Iran’s military starts ‘massive’ drills on Azerbaijani border
Tensions have been whipped up by saber-rattling and a new EU monitoring mission on the Armenian border.
Tensions have been whipped up by saber-rattling and a new EU monitoring mission on the Armenian border.
Full blown support for Baku doesn’t serve American interests, particularly as it could lead toward conflict with Iran.
The recent strikes by Azerbaijan beyond Nagorno-Karabakh show the frightening potential for war on Russia’s periphery to spread.
The US should do everything in its power diplomatically to ensure that conflicts in Armenia-Azerbaijan and elsewhere aren’t reignited.
The short-term crisis between the two neighbors has dissipated. But in the longer term, relations have gotten a lot more complicated.
But for many in Washington, the idea of ‘doing nothing’ about some far-off conflict or regional issue is heresy.
Neither country can afford the setbacks that often are the result of hubris. Both have bigger geopolitical, diplomatic, and economic fish to fry.
The two foreign ministers also discussed how to resolve transportation issues in new post-war order in southern Armenia.
Add Turkey to the mix and see how this is building to become the next step in a strategic security axis against Iran.
The election of a hardliner could augur a more security-oriented approach by Tehran toward Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Constant consideration of intervening in the region inflames tensions with local powers, including Russia.
Azerbaijan is just one of many client governments whose war crimes the U.S. ignores to keep military assistance flowing.
The question will be what President Erdogan, who said the declaration opened “a wound” in US-Turkey relations, will do.
Iran stands to be one of the winners of the new regional transportation map.
Azerbaijan’s decisive military victory has forced Tehran to accommodate to Baku in ways it did not before.
Recent events in central Asia and western Africa have had a major impact on world power geopolitics.
For now, Erdogan has strengthened his position in a rejiggering of the balance of power in the Caucasus between not only Russia and Turkey, but also Iran.
The Turkish president recited a poem at a recent victory celebration in Azerbaijan that triggered the Iranians.
Turkey helped Azerbaijan win on the battlefield, but what Ankara stands to gain geopolitically remains to be seen.
The complicated nature of the geopolitics of the region has made it more difficult for Iran to clearly define its policy towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have breathed a collective sigh of relief following signs of de-escalation between Tehran and Washington.