The Aftermath of War: Armenia’s uncertain future

The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been one of the world’s most intractable territorial disputes. Last year’s six week saw the most intense conflict in Europe or its periphery this century and has layered fresh trauma and tragedy on top of decades of devastation.

Now Armenian's are facing an uncertain future, the devastating 44-day war with Azerbaijan, which killed an estimated 4000 people as the rest of the world was busy managing COVID’s challenges, has brought about a political crisis which sees the country polarised, which could even endanger the fragile itself.

With early elections are set for June 20 to quell a political crisis gripping the country, so much remains unclear. The future government and political direction of Armenia, the mandate for Russia’s 1,960 peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh and whether the fragile peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold.