It means Eastern Europe and the United States’ long-term strategy to contain Russia’s resurgence is finally coming together. I have written extensively in the past decade about the Intermarium. It is the idea that for Eastern Europe to be secure from Russia, Germany, or any other country that could try to take over Europe, an alliance must extend from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.
Until now, the missing link has been Turkey. With Turkish-Russian relations sour, Turkey is now moving closer to the US and, therefore, to the Intermarium. It is using its regional power to bring Azerbaijan in as well.
This is not your typical announcement that another trivial defense agreement will be signed in a far-off place in the world. It is a clear sign that the Intermarium is emerging. This will affect American strategy in Europe, Russian national security, and Turkey’s role in the area.
Poor Armenia :(
If they stick with Russia, they're fucked and could easily become a belligerent proxy, and if they pivot westward, the west isn't going to give them the time of day when it comes to their Azeri and Turkish problems. Both of them have no problem wiping Armenia off the map, and, given the ridiculous bullshit we keep letting Erdowan get away with sans repercussions, we seem to have gone all in on our "friendship" with Turkey. And Azeris have oil so...
The Nagorno-Karabakh issue is either about to get solved, or get a lot worse, and then still get solved, but with a lot more dead Armenians. I will attending the protests here in the states.