Karabakh, Armenia-Azerbaijan: Is This the End of Azeri independence ?

The cost of Azerbaijan’s victory in the latest flare up of the decades-long Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Armenia may be the loss of true independence for the country as Russian and Turkish elements settle in, Michael Rubin wrote for the N.I. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has transformed himself “into an indispensable ally for Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian president Vladimir Putin,” and “has sold out Azerbaijani sovereignty,” in a bid to ensure that his family will remain in power after him, Rubin said. Fighting broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Sept. 27 over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave that is officially…