Opportunism and July’s Armenian-Azerbaijani Flareup
By mid-July, within days of the latest flareup in fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a flurry of articles written by Azerbaijani think tank members...
Defeat of Azerbaijan Began in Khojaly, Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijanis and their PR supporters will begin their
yearly media blitz about events that took place in the town of Khojaly in the
region of Nagorno-Karabakh...
Trump’s Golan Heights Declaration: The Message to Azerbaijan
On March 21, 2019, United States President
Trump tweeted, “After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully
recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the...
Azerbaijan’s Folly in Tehran
The war between Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a peak
just after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. In this battle for the
sovereignty of the Armenian-majority...
The Curious Treaty of Kars
The Treaty of Kars, signed in the fall of 1921, established the borders between the Soviet Union and what was to become the Republic...
Returns on Diplomatic Investment: Zionist Policies and the Armenians
There were repercussions to Zionist pursuits associated with the Armenian Question over a century ago. The Armenian Question refers to the protection and the...
Why Azerbaijan is Unable to Offer Viable Solutions to the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Azerbaijan has cornered itself with the inability to offer peaceful solutions to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The impasse has been caused by Baku's assumption...
The Price of Opportunism: Georgia’s Saakashvilli and the Lessons of History
Modern diplomacy does not imply one should ignore the lessons of contemporary history. Nor should one sacrifice prudent long-term policies for the perception of...
The Challenge of the Indigenous Arms Industry: The Ascendant and Dependent Classes
Just as Niccolo Machiavelli noted the unreliability of mercenaries and interpretations of Sun Tzu claiming a mercenary's real value is not more...
The Programmable Diplomatic Kill Switch
If indeed “War is a mere continuation of policy with other means” the metaphoric kill switches that have made their way into strategic...