Azerbaijan: A military show of strength or rhetoric for domestic consumption? · Global Voices
Onnik Krikorian

Etiraz comments on this weekend's annual Army day in Azerbaijan, questioning its country's massive expenditure on military hardware. With a defense budget at least equal to, or reportedly greater than, Armenia's entire state expenditure, the Azerbaijani blog says that the conflict with its neighbor over the disputed territory is more about retaining power and surpressing internal dissent.