| Description |
1 online resource (15 pages) : maps |
| Series |
Crisis Group Europe briefing ; No. 71 |
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Europe briefing ; no. 71.
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| Summary |
Confrontation, low-intensity but volatile, between Azerbaijan and Armenia has entered a period of heightened sensitivity. Peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh bogged down in 2011, accelerating an arms race and intensifying strident rhetoric. An immediate concern is military miscalculation, with implications that could far exceed those of a localised post-Soviet frozen conflict, as the South Caucasus, a region where big powers meet and compete, is now also a major energy corridor. Clashes increasingly occur along the Azerbaijani-Armenian frontier far from Nagorno-Karabakh, the conflict's original focus. Tensions have also spread to areas along the border with the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan where Azerbaijani and Turkish exercised in July. A subsequent firefight produced casualties, and Armenia staged its own war games near the Azerbaijan border in September. Vigorous international engagement is needed to lessen chances of violent escalation during coming weeks and months |
| Notes |
"26 September 2013." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
At head of title: Update briefing |
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Online resource; title from PDF caption (ICG, viewed February 7, 2014) |
| Subject |
Diplomatic relations.
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| SUBJECT |
Armenia (Republic) -- Foreign relations -- Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan -- Foreign relations -- Armenia (Republic)
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| Subject |
Armenia (Republic)
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Azerbaijan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body.
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