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Armenia, Azerbaijan: Spectre of War in the South Caucasus?

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Ethnicity & Race, International Relations, War & Conflict

Following clashes on the Line of Contact (LoC) separating Armenian and Azerbaijani forces [1], South Caucasus Diary ponders the likelihood of war once again breaking out over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh [2]. Meanwhile, Yerevan-based Armenian-American analyst Richard Giragosian tweets that Azerbaijan's new strategy appears to be reaching operational readiness for a new conflict by 2014 [3], the 20th anniversary of the 1994 ceasefire agreement.