In 2024, there will still be countries in the world that will perish? The situation in this country is very similar to that of Gaza, where war broke out recently. It survived under the patronage of Russia, a small country that was surrounded by enemies and eventually relocated. The Republic of Artakh, also known as the Nagorno-Karabakh region, will cease to exist in 2024. Most of the country's population has fled abroad, and few people in much of the globe know about it.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region is undoubtedly an unfortunate victim of great power competition. The Nagorno-Karabakh region was originally made up of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia, which were completely taken over during the Soviet era. However, the Soviet Union annexed the Nagorno-Karabakh region to Azerbaijan, sparking a dispute between the two countries. Since the declaration of independence of the Nagorno-Karabakh region in the 90s of the last century, Azerbaijan has launched several attacks against it, and finally managed to regain lost territory in 2020.
In this war, Azerbaijan bought a large number of drones and hired Turkish soldiers to put them on the field, and it took only 44 days to recover the territory that Armenia had acquired for four years. This time, the losses on both sides were basically similar, with a total of about 30,000 people on both sides. But after this war, Armenia ** almost collapsed, and many ** followed**.
The Nagorno-Karabakh region is separated from Armenia by only one road. However, with the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, Russia has no time to take care of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is competing with Turkey. In September 2023, there was another conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and the Republic of Artakh, under the constant mediation of Russia, raised the white flag after only one day of resistance and announced its official dissolution in January 2024.
People in Nagorno-Karabakh have fled to Armenia by road. Azerbaijan has finally completed its reunification, and because of this, the Republic of Artzakh has become the first country to die since 2024, although the United Nations has never recognized him. The demise of this country has provoked deep reflection on the fate of small countries in the great power game.
In a similar situation, Ukraine and Palestine have a similar situation, how should small countries deal with themselves in the game of international politics? This requires a global collective thinking, and we must not let more countries fall into irreparable difficulties.