Armenia is in an increasingly difficult situation of its own making, one made worse by recent events. If not properly managed, an increasingly dangerous world will become much hotter very soon.
Since it illegally occupied the Nagorno-Karabakh region and surrounding Azerbaijani provinces two decades ago, Yerevan and its puppet state in the occupied territory have relied more and more on Russian arms and support to face off against Baku. The situation has become a sort of perverse death spiral, as Armenia’s nearly-last-in-the-world economy has not merely impoverished its citizens, but its military preparation and ability to acquire materiel; this in turn …read more
Source: CXSSR