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Did Russian Miscalculation Spark Nagorno-Karabakh Flare-Up?

Jamie Dettmer

   The foreign ministers of the warring nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia
   will separately meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in
   Washington Friday as the Trump administration joins international
   efforts, previously led by Russia, to tamp down a conflict that has
   killed hundreds of combatants and civilians since roaring bloodily back
   into life in September.

   The US has called on both countries to cease fighting and return to the
   negotiating table over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave which is
   internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but is governed by
   ethnic Armenians with the backing of Yerevan.

   "The resolution of that conflict ought to be done through negotiation
   and peaceful discussions, not through armed conflict," Pompeo said
   earlier this week, "and certainly not with third party countries coming
   in to lend their firepower to what is already a powder keg of a
   situation."

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