The Threat of a Karabakh Conflict in 2017

Every year, as the spring thaw is awaited in the mountains of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the small coterie of scholars and experts who keep an eye on the Nagorny Karabakh conflict ask, 'Will there be war?' In 2017, Karabakh watchers are especially gloomy. Twenty-sixteen was a bad year, and 2017 could yet be worse.

ESO: Background information: The Nagorno-Karabakh redux http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-nagorno-karabakh-redux/

OSCE: Press Release, 17.02.17: Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group http://www.osce.org/mg/300591

Chatham House: Expert Comment, 30.03.17: Time to Honour Commitments to Armenian-Azerbaijani Peace https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/time-honour-commitments-armenian-azerbaijani-peace

ESO: Key source: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict - Armenia - Azerbaijan - South Caucasus http://www.europeansources.info/record/nagorno-karabakh-conflict-armenia-azerbaijan-south-caucasus/

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