Averting a New War between Armenia and Azerbaijan

The European Union is sending monitors to Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan, so as to lessen the danger of renewed fighting between the two countries over Nagorno-Karabakh and other issues.

Brussels must give the mission the means and mandate it will need to succeed.

What’s new?

In January 2023, the EU announced a new mission to monitor the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.

Fighting had flared there the previous September, though high-level diplomacy helped prevent it from expanding into full-scale war.

But with peace talks faltering, and Baku in a stronger military position, the…