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How Nagorno-Karabakh’s fall shifted the balance of power in the Caucasus

By the time the last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh arrived in Goris, an Armenian city on the border with Azerbaijan, the scale of the tragedy had become clear. The 19 September lightning offensive by Azerbaijan ended thirty years of self-rule in the breakaway region, located within its borders …

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How Nagorno-Karabakh’s fall shifted the balance of power in the Caucasus

By the time the last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh arrived in Goris, an Armenian city on the border with Azerbaijan, the scale of the tragedy had become clear. The 19 September lightning offensive by Azerbaijan ended thirty years of self-rule in the breakaway region, located within its borders …

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How the Israel-Hamas war will test Egypt’s balancing act

Since Hamas’s unprecedented attack on Israel on Saturday, neighbouring Egypt has been fast to assert its position as a non-violent peacemaker. Cairo has urged both sides to de-escalate, with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi voicing the need for a fair two-state solution and prioritising domestic security by keeping the Sinai-Gaza border …

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