The U.S.S.R. Is Falling Apart Again

The U.S.S.R. Is Falling Apart Again

The frozen conflicts tend to reignite when the external influences that keep the situation in balance realign. In Nagorno-Karabakh's case, the new enmity between Turkey and Russia likely became the catalyst. When fighting resumed in South Ossetia in 2008 and Russia invaded Georgia, that was a direct result of a policy of toughness regarding the secessionist regions on the part the U.S.-backed president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. He believed -- mistakenly -- that U.S. support would make him less vulnerable to Russia's ire.

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