The first two parts of this series explained why the OSCE Minsk Group is inadequate for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and why the SCO is the only realistic alternative for doing so.
This final piece will look at how the US intends to stop that from
happening, and what Azerbaijan can do to safeguard this process and
increase its chances of success.
The Problems Ahead
Seeing as how the SCO’s mediation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
would not only replace the West’s influence in the Caucasus, but also
work out to the benefit of the four major involved players, it should be
expected that the US and its European allies will do their best to
obstruct this process and prevent its successful completion. Here are
three of the possible ways in which it can do this:
