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Geopolitics

The Return Of Ethnic Cleansing: Why Nagorno-Karabakh Matters, And Isn't Over Yet

In a few days' time, there will probably be no Armenians left in Nagorno-Karabakh, part of a long history of ethnic cleansing. The self-proclaimed Republic, defeated by Azerbaijan, has announced its dissolution, signaling its historic failure. But it also has much wider geopolitical implications.

Photo of refugees at the back of a truck arriving from Nagorno-Karabakh to Kornidzor, Armenia on Sept. 26

Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh arrive in Kornidzor, Armenia on Sept. 26

Pierre Haski

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PARIS — It's a specifically post-Soviet tragedy, but also a reflection of the entire world's current state of disorder. History will remember Thursday's dissolution of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabakh, announced solemnly by its defeated leaders. And it will remember above all this new mass ethnic cleansing, a practice perpetuated from war to war, over the centuries.

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