For Armenia, an Alliance That May Be More Trouble Than It’s Worth

Military blocs are supposed to provide security guarantees, but in the Caucasus, the Collective Security Treaty Organization may be inadvertently escalating tensions.

ESO: Background information: The Threat of a Karabakh Conflict in 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-threat-of-a-karabakh-conflict-in-2017/

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

Wikipedia: Collective Security Treaty Organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Organization

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