Enclave on edge: Armenia and Azerbaijan

The Intelligence from The Economist
Oct 1, 2020 20 min
Enclave on edge: Armenia and Azerbaijan
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The region of Nagorno-Karabakh has been the subject of dispute and skirmishes for decades—but <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/09/28/armenia-and-azerbaijan-fight-over-nagorno-karabakh-again?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the current conflict</a> threatens to draw in both Turkey and Russia. Rule changes accelerated by the pandemic have revealed <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/09/19/the-pandemic-shows-a-better-way-to-handle-abortion?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a better way</a> to handle early-stage abortions. And, <a href="https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/09/26/why-funnel-web-spiders-are-so-dangerous-to-people?utm_campaign=the-intelligence&utm_medium=podcast&utm_source=third-party-host&utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">unravelling the mystery</a> of the funnel-web spider’s deadly bite. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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