Freeing The Caucasus
They're doing it for themselves
Russia has messed up HARD in the Caucasus. Screwing around in Africa got Armenia a new friend in the form of France. Now Azerbijan and Turkey are making nice. If Azerbijan becomes a de facto NATO protectorate …
I paid attention to the Caucasus region during my 2013-2014 exploration of food and water security within the bounds of the former Ottoman empire. As a child of the Cold War who grew up smack in the middle of the Great Plains, these ethnically diverse, rugged little places are endlessly fascinating.
No, really, I was PRECISELY in the middle as a kid … I didn’t realize the whole world wasn’t 50% Lutheran until I was in my late twenties …
