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Article: How Others Assess the Situation in the Caucasus -- An Assessment by
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- The Armenian Reporter
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- November 25, 1995
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Janet Samuelian
Armenian Reporter, The
11-25-1995
How Others Assess the Situation in the Caucasus - An Assessment by. London's "The Economist": A Fearful Calm in the Caucasus
A sort of peace has come to one of the world's bloodiest regions. Will it last?
Like three brawling drunkards, the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have spent much of the past four years noisily throwing away their fortunes and their futures. Watched and often egged on by their more powerful neighbors, particularly Russia, the noisy trio of the Caucasus have lurched from one ethnic conflict, coup or rebellion to the next.
At a crossroads between Europe and Asia, Russia and the Middle East, the Caucasus ...