Since the 2020 Karabakh War, the South Caucasus Changed Significantly – To the Better

Abstract

President Donald Trump frequently highlights that his administration has resolved seven conflicts since taking office in January. Among them, he includes the Armenia–Azerbaijan dispute. On August 8, the leaders of the two South Caucasus states signed a landmark declaration at the White House in the presence of President Trump.1) All three leaders hailed the event as a peace agreement that ended the decades-long confrontation. President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia initialed a peace treaty, pledged to sign it in the near future, and agreed to reopen transport links between their countries.