“Alliances concluded with princes who possess neither the ability to assist you because of their distance from you, nor the power to do so on account of their poor organization, or for some other cause, offer more fame than real assistance to those who entrust themselves to them.”
- Machiavelli [Discourses, II.11]
The ancient state of Armenia is in great peril, and many observers expect that a war with neighboring Azerbaijan could break out at any time. At issue is the ethnic-Armenian self-proclaimed Artsakh Republic, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, which is within the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan. Following the 2020 c…
