In 1915, Armenia suffered a genocide that killed anywhere from 50% to 80% of its population. It then endured an occupation by the Soviet Union that lasted almost a century. Now, the unrecognized Armenian area of Nagorno-Karabakh has collapsed under Azerbaijani force of arms.

Beginning in 2020, and significantly escalating after the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Azerbaijan has chipped away at the borders of this region, gradually encircling it. Last week, the Azerbaijanis seized the whole of Nagorno-Karabakh in just 24 hours.