Why Does Azerbaijan Desperately Need a Victorious War in Karabakh?

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict driven by internal crisis in Azerbaijan! Now, three decades later, why has no solution been found? Why have the two neighboring states failed to find a solution through dialogue? Azerbaijan needs a victorious war in Nagorno-Karabakh to offset a domestic crisis driven by a decline in oil revenues and divisions in its ruling elite, Armenian journalist and writer Vicken Cheterian said in an analysis last Wednesday. Deadly clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh broke out on Sunday, the latest round of intermittent violence between the two countries since the 1994 war. Tthe roots of the…