With the recent passing of the fifth anniversary of the Georgia-Russia war, there is growing concern over the deteriorating security situation in the South Caucasus, as tension has been mounting. Unlike the August 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, however, the escalating risk of renewed hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Karabakh ahas been obvious for sometime. And with no excuse for ignoring these distressing signs of a danger of war, the international community must adopt a more assertive campaign to pressure all sides to “climb down” and de-escalate tension. At the same time, there are specific steps by the parties to the conflict themselves that can be taken to both cease and desist from what now seems to be a new cycle of conflict.
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