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The Problem with the Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire

Armenia’s Prime Minister took to Facebook early on Tuesday to announce that he had signed an “extremely painful” Russia and Turkey-backed ceasefire to halt the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh with Azerbaijan. Expert Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon official, joins The Greek Current to give us his latest analysis on this ceasefire agreement.

Read Michael Rubin’s latest piece here: The Problem with the Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire Agreement

You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here: 

Russia deploys peacekeeping troops to region

Country bracing for pivotal fortnight

PM tells Covid-19 teleconference next 10 days crucial for Greece

Negative Bond Yields Point to Greece’s Economic Progress

‘Catch-up move’ by Moody’s

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