With New Offensive, Azerbaijan Tightens Grip On Nagorno-Karabakh – Analysis

By Joshua Kucera

(RFE/RL) — For months, the negotiations over the fate of Nagorno-Karabakh seemed to be going in Azerbaijan’s favor. Armenia’s government had publicly and explicitly said it recognized the breakaway territory — which is the center of the two countries’ decades-long conflict — as part of Azerbaijan....