Human rights in the two Karabakh Wars - New Eastern Europe - A bimonthly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European affairs
Azerbaijani refugees from Karabakh during the first war in 1992. Photo: Ilgar Jafarov wikimedia.org The United States has been absent from Eurasia for a long period of time. Both the Obama and Trump administrations largely ‘sub-contracted’ the region to Western Europe and Russia. This was clearly seen during last year’s war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. However, this is now likely to change as President Joe Biden is set to take a more robust stance on Russian activities in Eurasia and elsewhere. There are three components to the human r...