"Azerbaijan's President Achieves Vengeance by Taking Karabakh"

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev's lightning-fast military plan to retake the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave was motivated by personal revenge for his father's failure to do so 30 years ago. The confluence of factors, including the lack of intervention from Russia, the West, or Armenia, convinced Aliyev that the time was right. The military operation resulted in Azerbaijan regaining control of the region, loosening Russia's grip on the strategically important South Caucasus region. The conflict has led to a mass exodus of Karabakh's Armenian population, while Azerbaijan sees it as an opportunity for displaced Azerbaijanis to return.