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Congress decision to allocate $8 million to the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh in the 2010
Congress
Decision
Violates
The
International
Laws
5 Jan 2021
On Tuesday January 5, 2010, the New Atlanticist blog from the Atlantic Council community "atlanticcouncil.org" published an interview with Alexandros Petersen, a nonresident senior fellow at the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, who was interviewed by
Azerbaijan’Today.az on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Source:
Progress
on
the
Nagorno-
Karabakh
Conflict
The question was asked by the reporter from Azerbaijan’Today.az:
How would you comment on the U.S. Congress decision to allocate $8 million to the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh in the 2010 financial year?
Alexandros Petersen responds:
"This is an enormously regrettable move in Congress, but that said, the incident provides an interesting window into the deliberately inefficient U.S. system of government."
Source:
Progress
on
the
Nagorno-
Karabakh
Conflict
Mr. Peterson explsins:
"The separation of powers and the weakness of political parties allows for populist congressmen to make such an allocation without the Executive Branch – the White House and the cabinet – having much say in the process, even though Democrats control both branches of government."
Mr. Petersen addresses:
"The move was motivated by congressmen playing to their very politically active Armenian-American constituents, but has no bearing on whether the U.S. as a country recognizes the separatist entity in Nagorno-Karabakh."
Source:
Progress
on
the
Nagorno-
Karabakh
Conflict
Mr. Petersen points out, "This should be interpreted as message to Azerbaijani-Americans to become more politically active in the U.S."
"After all, it is U.S. voters that Congress will listen to the most.
Alexandros Petersen, was (he was killed in Afghanistan in 2014) a nonresident senior fellow at the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, was interviewed by Azerbaijan’s Today.azon the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
Source:
Progress
on
the
Nagorno-
Karabakh
Conflict
Mr. Petersen addresses:
"The move was motivated by congressmen playing to their very politically active Armenian-American constituents, but has no bearing on whether the U.S. as a country recognizes the separatist entity in Nagorno-Karabakh."
Source:
Progress
on
the
Nagorno-
Karabakh
Conflict
Mr. Petersen points out, "This should be interpreted as message to Azerbaijani-Americans to become more politically active in the U.S."
"After all, it is U.S. voters that Congress will listen to the most.
Alexandros Petersen, was (he was killed in Afghanistan in 2014) a nonresident senior fellow at the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, was interviewed by Azerbaijan’s Today.azon the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
Source:
Progress
on
the
Nagorno-
Karabakh
Conflict
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"Russia is much better prepared to ignite the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict than it was to annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia."
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The Nov 8, 2013 issue of EU Observer "euobserver.com" (BRUSSELS) published an article from ALEXANDROS PETERSEN entitled "Russia shows its hand on Karabakh".
Source:
Russia
shows
its
hand
on
Karabakh
Alexandros Petersen writes:
"In an interview with the Russian Defense Ministry’s newspaper late last month, Col. Andrey Ruzinsky, commander of the 102nd Military Base at Gyumri in Armenia affirmed Russia’s preparedness and intention to “join the armed conflict” against Azerbaijan if it “decides to restore jurisdiction over Nagorno-Karabakh by force.""
Mr. Petersen explains:
"Ruzinsky added that his officers had recently toured “areas of combat engagement” and plan to increase joint military exercises with Armenian forces in the coming year."
Mr. Peterson points out:
"It is of course an open secret to all in the region as well as to Eurasianists in the EU that the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute is a Russian proxy conflict, maintained in simmering stasis by Russian arms sales to both sides so that Moscow can sustain leverage over Armenia, Azerbaijan and by its geographic proximity Georgia."
Mr. Petersen writes:
"It is still however striking to see a pivotal Russian military figure in the conflict underlining his country's intent to use massive force to maintain this destructive status quo or even tip the balance should Armenia and Azerbaijan come to major blows again."
The author talks about the statement:
"The statement is highly illustrative of regional dynamics in that it lays bare Armenia's utter dependence on Russia for its security and the de facto abrogation of Armenian sovereignty - made final by President Serzh Sargsyan's recent obsequious pleas to join Moscow's Neo-Soviet Customs Union instead of moving forward with an EU Association Agreement."
Mr. Peterson explains, "In fact, Russia is much better prepared to ignite the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict than it was to annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia."
"In fact, Russia is much better prepared to ignite the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict than it was to annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia."
According to Mr. Petersen, "The 102nd Military Base maintains 5000 troops at Gyumri, armed with tanks, artillery, helicopters, MiG-29 aircraft and Iskender-M tactical ballistic missiles."
This expert explains:
"Unlike with Georgia's separatist territories where Russian leaders had to concoct the bizarre pretext that their armed forces were defending two minuscule independent statelets, over Nagorno-Karabakh, Moscow can just invoke its mutual defense pact with Armenia and its CSTO obligations."
Mr. Petersen talks about the international community and points out:
"In the eyes of the international community, Russian forces supposedly defending Armenia - even though a conflict would probably be centered on the internationally recognized Azerbaijani territory of Karabakh - would be seen as much more legitimate than an intervention in Georgia."
This poitical and energy expert addresses:
"Russia's revealing its bias on the Karabakh conflict also draws into serious question its role as a co-chair of the so-called Minsk Group, the OSCE conflict negotiation mechanism also chaired by France and the United States."
Mr. Petersen explains:
"Again, anyone that has watched the conflict closely for the past two decades knows well that Russia is not just a mediator but also a party to the conflict."
"But, until now," the writer points out, "all participants have at least acted on the pretense that Russia is somehow objective."
Mr. Petersen notes:
"Col. Ruzinsky's unvarnished statement will make it difficult for French and American diplomats to continue a strategy towards conflict settlement that relies on Russia."
Mr. Petersen acknowledges, "Russia's active role as a party to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not news."
"However, Moscow's shot over the bow to Azerbaijan and the region is an ominous reminder of the catastrophe that can befall the Caucasus if conflict settlement is not soon achieved."
According to Mr. Petersen's information, "The first step is convening comprehensive negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan."
The author adds, "But the lead in doing so will almost certainly have to come from France (and the EU) or the United States as honest brokers."
Mr. Petersen explains:
"Russia cannot simultaneously preach peace and threaten war."
Alexandros Petersen (the writer)
was the author of The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West and co-editor ofwww.chinaincentralasia.com.
On 19 January 2014, the AZERTAG news agency"azertag.az" reported:
Energy expert Alexandros Petersen among those killed in deadly attack at Kabul restaurant.
19.01.
2014
[12:33]
Energy
expert
Alexandros
Petersen
among
those
killed
in
deadly
attack
at
Kabul
restaurant
The Nov 8, 2013 issue of EU Observer "euobserver.com" (BRUSSELS) published an article from ALEXANDROS PETERSEN entitled "Russia shows its hand on Karabakh".
Source:
Russia
shows
its
hand
on
Karabakh
Alexandros Petersen writes:
"In an interview with the Russian Defense Ministry’s newspaper late last month, Col. Andrey Ruzinsky, commander of the 102nd Military Base at Gyumri in Armenia affirmed Russia’s preparedness and intention to “join the armed conflict” against Azerbaijan if it “decides to restore jurisdiction over Nagorno-Karabakh by force.""
Mr. Petersen explains:
"Ruzinsky added that his officers had recently toured “areas of combat engagement” and plan to increase joint military exercises with Armenian forces in the coming year."
Mr. Peterson points out:
"It is of course an open secret to all in the region as well as to Eurasianists in the EU that the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute is a Russian proxy conflict, maintained in simmering stasis by Russian arms sales to both sides so that Moscow can sustain leverage over Armenia, Azerbaijan and by its geographic proximity Georgia."
Mr. Petersen writes:
"It is still however striking to see a pivotal Russian military figure in the conflict underlining his country's intent to use massive force to maintain this destructive status quo or even tip the balance should Armenia and Azerbaijan come to major blows again."
The author talks about the statement:
"The statement is highly illustrative of regional dynamics in that it lays bare Armenia's utter dependence on Russia for its security and the de facto abrogation of Armenian sovereignty - made final by President Serzh Sargsyan's recent obsequious pleas to join Moscow's Neo-Soviet Customs Union instead of moving forward with an EU Association Agreement."
Mr. Peterson explains, "In fact, Russia is much better prepared to ignite the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict than it was to annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia."
"In fact, Russia is much better prepared to ignite the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict than it was to annex Abkhazia and South Ossetia."
According to Mr. Petersen, "The 102nd Military Base maintains 5000 troops at Gyumri, armed with tanks, artillery, helicopters, MiG-29 aircraft and Iskender-M tactical ballistic missiles."
This expert explains:
"Unlike with Georgia's separatist territories where Russian leaders had to concoct the bizarre pretext that their armed forces were defending two minuscule independent statelets, over Nagorno-Karabakh, Moscow can just invoke its mutual defense pact with Armenia and its CSTO obligations."
Mr. Petersen talks about the international community and points out:
"In the eyes of the international community, Russian forces supposedly defending Armenia - even though a conflict would probably be centered on the internationally recognized Azerbaijani territory of Karabakh - would be seen as much more legitimate than an intervention in Georgia."
This poitical and energy expert addresses:
"Russia's revealing its bias on the Karabakh conflict also draws into serious question its role as a co-chair of the so-called Minsk Group, the OSCE conflict negotiation mechanism also chaired by France and the United States."
Mr. Petersen explains:
"Again, anyone that has watched the conflict closely for the past two decades knows well that Russia is not just a mediator but also a party to the conflict."
"But, until now," the writer points out, "all participants have at least acted on the pretense that Russia is somehow objective."
Mr. Petersen notes:
"Col. Ruzinsky's unvarnished statement will make it difficult for French and American diplomats to continue a strategy towards conflict settlement that relies on Russia."
Mr. Petersen acknowledges, "Russia's active role as a party to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is not news."
"However, Moscow's shot over the bow to Azerbaijan and the region is an ominous reminder of the catastrophe that can befall the Caucasus if conflict settlement is not soon achieved."
According to Mr. Petersen's information, "The first step is convening comprehensive negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan."
The author adds, "But the lead in doing so will almost certainly have to come from France (and the EU) or the United States as honest brokers."
Mr. Petersen explains:
"Russia cannot simultaneously preach peace and threaten war."
Alexandros Petersen (the writer)
was the author of The World Island: Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West and co-editor ofwww.chinaincentralasia.com.
On 19 January 2014, the AZERTAG news agency"azertag.az" reported:
Energy expert Alexandros Petersen among those killed in deadly attack at Kabul restaurant.
19.01.
2014
[12:33]
Energy
expert
Alexandros
Petersen
among
those
killed
in
deadly
attack
at
Kabul
restaurant
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