Trump’s Caucasus Gambit to Open New East-West Trade Corridor
A man walks past a burning house in 2020 during the military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Along a mountainous stretch of the South Caucasus lies a potentially important trade route—one that straddles a series of geopolitical flashpoints that have set off countless conflicts over the centuries, right up into recent years.
And it’s about to be named after Donald Trump.