Azerbaijan Armenia Tensions

[Huelague]

All media hails the deal and announced 2 big winners, AZ and TR and 2 little winners, ARM and US. And 2 big losers, Iran and Russia.

Now, look who is going to sabotage this coming deal.

 

[Rooxbar]

U.S. bad, whoever against them good (regardless of the region, interests, power projection, vicinity) mentality will be the end of us. Russia is the overwhelming power in the south Caucasus. Having measly American footprint there is a tiny step in the right direction of balancing powers. Azerbaijan however would be ill-advised to harm Russian interests and entangle themselves too much in Russia-NATO conflict. I think the recent rhetoric by them is uncharacteristically reckless in the face of a rabid bear. When you got a rabid bear at your door, you have every right to go out of your house and do whatever you want, but in that situation, rights are not the only factors determining behavior. You should create leverage by trying to balance their power with other powers but that's never a long-term powerful strategy as the only peer competitor is half a world away.