With Nikol Pashinyan reinstalled as the prime minister of Armenia and his government now in place, there have been some signs of optimism in Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. In this op-ed for KarabakhSpace.eu, Vasif Huseynov gives his perspective on positive developments and remaining challenges, Azerbaijan's redlines, and the status of the peace process.

Armenia-Azerbaijan relations are again getting dangerously tense, argues Vasif Huseynov in this opinion piece for KarabakhSpace.eu. “It is therefore urgent for the international community to take all possible measures to ensure the implementation of the ceasefire accord of 10 November 2020 and bring the sides to the negotiations table.”

As Charles Michel attempts to bring the EU back into the South Caucasus region, there is a lot that Armenia has to gain. However, economic support from the EU alone will not be enough for Armenia to manage the Russian-Azerbaijani tandem, and Pashinyan's new government requires real leadership in its relations with Turkey, says Alex Petrosyan in this op-ed for KarabakhSpace.eu.

Armenia was always supporting the idea of restoration of communications and developing economic relations with Azerbaijan as a tangible way of confidence building says Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed. However Azerbaijan has to give up its inflammatory and disruptive rhetoric about the "Zangezur corridor", and its thinly veiled threats to take over the Syunik province from Armenia.    

Russia may have deployed thousands of soldiers in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, but it isn’t the only external power to have gained influence following the 44-day war. In this opinion piece for KarabakhSpace.eu, Fuad Shahbazov looks at Turkey’s involvement in the reconstruction of territories returned to Azerbaijani control following last year’s war, and Ankara’s strengthening position in the South Caucasus region.

Sunday's parliamentary elections in Armenia are hotly contested, and the electorate is actively engaged in the campaigning. However, every possible outcome of the elections appears to lead to more uncertainty, and does not guarantee domestic stability, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed.