Zack, Jenn, and Alex explain the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh — a contested region inside Azerbaijani borders but populated largely by ethnic Armenians. They break down the Soviet-era origins of the conflict, discuss why the fighting has flared up in a particularly scary way this summer and fall, and then zoom out to the role that major powers like Russia and Turkey play.

References:
Alex wrote an explainer for Vox on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Also check out Politico’s explainer on the issue.
The Guardian reported on how half of Nagorno-Karabakh’s population has already been displaced.
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs plan to meet to discuss an end to the fighting.
Meduza has some helpful history that clears up why this conflict has lasted for so long.

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Jennifer Williams (@jenn_ruth), senior foreign editor, Vox
Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox), national security reporter, Vox
 
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