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Opportunities abound for the U.S. and Israel in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
Jewish community in Azerbaijan says the Washington-brokered accord promotes peace and unity while curbing Tehran’s influence, as Iran and Russia push back.
The major force for peace in the world today is not the United Nations (UN), it is President Donald Trump. In his four ½ ...
The chaotic conclusion of the decades-long Nagorno-Karabakh dispute was a blow to Russian influence in the South Caucasus.
A new peace declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan, brokered by the US, aims to transform the Caucasus, but faces significant obstacles from Russia, Iran, and unresolved internal issues.
President Donald Trump recently hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the ...
Iran has cautiously welcomed the recently signed peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan, while raising concerns over a proposed US-backed transit corridor through southern Armenia that could alter ...
The August 8 agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan that was brokered in Washington created the US-managed “Trump Route for ...
The faction, with twenty-eight seats in the 127-member parliament, says the deal “has nothing to do with real peace.” ...
As Russian influence wanes in the South Caucasus, regional officials worry that Moscow could undermine ties between Yerevan ...
Moreover, the peace agreement, where the parties, among other things, commit themselves to not deploying third-party forces along the shared border, runs counter both to the Armenian-Russian Treaty on ...
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Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus

His deals are informed by hyper-transactional dealmaking. Pietro A. Shakarian Despite campaign promises of peace, Donald Trump’s presidency has thus far represented business as usual for Washington’s ...