For 26 years, the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) worked fruitlessly to bring the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict to a peaceful resolution. Then, in just six weeks, the Second Artsakh War radically altered the conflict and the Minsk Group was shunted aside. Russia now dominates both the implementation of the November 10 ceasefire declaration it brokered with Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as the security arrangements underpinning it. Turkey has managed to secure a supporting role. Reduced to trailing in Russia’s wake, the Minsk Group is now facing – like no other actor engaged in this conflict – a crisis of relevance. To read the full story, check out the link below to the article in Eurasianet.
https://eurasianet.org/perspectives-the-osces-minsk-group-a-unipolar-artifact-in-a-multipolar-world
