What's Past is Prologue: Unpacking the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

Since September 27, 2020, the South Caucasus (a region that rarely registers in the U.S. media) has witnessed a violent and escalating war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Asbed Kotchikian, senior lecturer of global studies, discusses the historical context of this conflict and the causes of the recent outbreak after a quarter century of a “no war, no peace” situation.