As a humanitarian crisis unfolds in blockaded Nagorno-Karabakh, the Biden Administration's response has been lacking. Without decisive action, 120,000 lives are at risk -- and Armenian democracy itself.
Martin Makaryan, Guest Contributor
Martin Makaryan is a Master’s in International Relations candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and specializes in US foreign policy and international security with a focus on Europe and Eurasia. He was a Marcellus Policy Fellow in the Spring 2023 cohort at the John Quincy Adams Society, where he researched the evolution of Turkish foreign policy over the last two decades. His areas of interest are transatlantic relations, European security, Russia, Turkey, and South Caucasus. He has previously researched the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in various roles, including at the UCLA Promise Institute for Human Rights and the Armenian National Committee of America, Western Region.
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