The War in the Caucasus: What Does it Mean for America?

Azerbaijan’s victory in the recent war with Armenia has created a new balance of power in the Caspian region. The military capabilities Azerbaijan revealed announced the arrival of a new, dynamic force in the region. The other big winner in the war is Turkey, which, for the first time in 100 years, compelled Russia to share power with it in the South Caucasus. Although Russia had no choice in the matter, it is not an unambiguous loser. It still remains the most influential actor in region, and it even gained a new military foothold inside Azerbaijan.

The biggest loser was, of course, Armenia. Its military suffered a humiliating route on the battlefield, forcing it to retreat from Azerbaijani territories it had occupied for the last twenty-seven years. But Armenia’s collapse also severely diminished the influence of Iran, which lost direct access to Karabakh—a position it had exploited, in alignment with Moscow and Yerevan, to keep Azerbaijan on its back heels.

Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Michael Doran will host a conversation with three distinguished experts: Matthew Bryza, the former US Ambassador to Azerbaijan and former US mediator of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; Ahmad Obali, the CEO of GunazTV; and Brenda Shaffer, a Senior Advisor for Energy at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an expert on the South Caucasus.

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