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The Nagorno-Karabakh war’s double tragedy for Armenia
Last year’s 44-day war between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region ended in a decisive victory for the former. Not only does the result jeopardize Armenia’s territorial integrity and increase its dependence on Moscow, it has also stalled a crucial reform process that its people had hoped the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan would push forward.
Oil, race and sovereignty in the Greater Caribbean
The geopolitics of the Caribbean region is dominated by natural resources, disputes over sovereignty and the growing salience of national identities. Oil-dependent Venezuela is in steep decline but sustained by allies, while an underdeveloped Guyana is expecting a major energy windfall. In the long term, China will use both carrot ...
Kosovo and Serbia: An incomplete peace
The toughest nut to crack in the Balkans remains resolving the Kosovo-Serbia conflict. Recently, the U.S. has stepped further into the fray, jockeying with the EU for primacy in leading the negotiations. At the same time, the regime in Belgrade has strengthened, while in Pristina, the third government in a ...
Scenarios for the India-China Himalayan border conflict
As India and China continue to build infrastructure and expand their military forces along the disputed Himalayan borders, the hotspots are becoming hotter and the clashes – more violent. The Asian giants’ old conflict has entered a new phase now that assertive Beijing does not seem to mind a degree ...
Modi changes India’s Kashmir policy
For decades, India’s posture on the contested state of Jammu and Kashmir has been relatively stable, allowing autonomy in the region and seeking an agreement with Islamabad. Relations with Sunni Kashmiris have increasingly frayed, however, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun to shift its policy radically. India has ended ...
