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Azerbaijan’s ultimatum on Nagorno-Karabakh leaves little room for de-escalation
Posted By Connor Dilleen on October 7, 2020 @ 06:00
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[1] televised speech: https://www.azerbaycan24.com/en/president-ilham-aliyev-addresses-the-people-full-speech/
[2] UN General Assembly speech: https://azertag.az/en/xeber/President_Ilham_Aliyev_made_a_speech_at_general_debates_of_75th_session_of_United_Nations_General_Assembly_in_a_video_format_VIDEO-1594355?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=d808a8f17b3deb17e706eef8f6e8c095c93428b9-1601898004-0-AVjxG3rW5sQJRaR22z1wwMq8fCLzhx3FK48gz3qO50hk0OZiEWF4dfFUvHRdOt5CRs_avq_i4QNqnQPkU93xCfkd0hRwKt-YcuneaPJmeC15n3_HIm1-Fsa1KarrdUP8lLf4KCurNjy7l4cB4FUtq22NzH8a-Sisxmpn0jHeR3DCWcXWT0HNatok9T6Jhx34mUX4hNIYokIKTnCCUn_HhBkCcedw3ALyvoYDkeIxdqe-EC_f3cHiO2TTyLybMm4pTZ_FzqYtRNSQzJ8vMLJ0f5_3p-Or3J82We_t2Nz2plJYW0qDEkine46NsDIaOCO5wyO_lY0XiRoQlRuXA5tNLTyLY4Q6eB-fCON7mAG7UDPfcqw22N5YK2i5x50oO3F_9ux3aI9D4KRyqcjN6Uj4pegOpV5UjLNbWXAaBGxGj5dY0bxRn1wruPrHg_kYEmBC6TfA7ZNRjfBIsboX9Z3yRyw
[3] eight villages: https://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/52337/
[4] launched strikes: https://eurasianet.org/armenia-azerbaijan-fighting-expands-far-beyond-the-front-lines
[5] militarised society: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/nagorno-karabakh-s-militarised-social-democracy/
[6] 20,000: https://www.cacianalyst.org/publications/analytical-articles/item/13362-nagorno-karabakh-and-the-military-balance.html
[7] broader struggle for Armenia’s survival: https://theconversation.com/nagorno-karabakh-are-armenia-and-azerbaijan-sliding-towards-all-out-war-147066
[8] said: https://www.azatutyun.am/a/30872199.html
[9] distinct advantage: https://www.statista.com/chart/23056/estimated-military-strength-of-armenia-and-azerbaijan/
[10] defence budget: https://www.iiss.org/publications/the-military-balance/the-military-balance-2018/mb2018-10-country-comparisons-copy
[11] US$24 billion: https://eurasianet.org/armenia-azerbaijan-whos-the-big-defense-spender
[12] Azerbaijan’s casualties will increase: https://www.crisisgroup.org/europe-central-asia/caucasus/nagorno-karabakh-conflict/containing-violence-south-caucasus
[13] said: https://www.rferl.org/a/former-u-s-ambassador-to-azerbaijan-says-the-game-has-changed-in-nagorno-karabakh/30870797.html
[14] noted: https://carnegie.ru/commentary/82813
[15] a war engulfing the entire region: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/nagorno-karabakh-conflict-could-quickly-turn-into-regional-war/
[16] distracted: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/world/europe/armenia-nagorno-karabakh-trump.html
[17] power vacuum: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2020/09/29/united-states-power-vacuum-risks-escalating-violence-in-armenia-azerbaijan-pub-82815
[18] agreed: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/two-french-reporters-injured-amid-armenia-azerbaijan-conflict
[19] latest front in a Russo-Turkish confrontation: https://www.cacianalyst.org/publications/analytical-articles/item/13636
[20] clearly sided with Baku: https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/diplomacy/turkey-sides-with-azerbaijan-against-armenias-occupation-erdogan-says
[21] 320: https://www.syriahr.com/en/186288/
[22] 1,000: https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN26J25A