Armenia and Azerbaijan: A Tale of Two Territories

Modern Context with Yasmin Aliya Khan

Last week, Azerbaijan invaded the Nagorno-Karabakh territory after a three-year-long stalemate, expelling the majority Armenian population that lived there. Technically, the land already belongs to Azerbaijan. In fact, the region exists entirely within Azerbaijan's borders. However, Armenians have a historical claim to the area as their ancestors have lived there for centuries. As a listener of this podcast, you know that few things are as cut-and-dry as they appear, so let's find out why there's so much confusion in the first place and what the future could look like for the two nations.