Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>Self-proclaimed, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Armenia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Armenia</span></a>-backed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Artsakh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Artsakh</span></a> Republic in disputed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NagornoKarabakh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NagornoKarabakh</span></a> region appears to have surrendered to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Azerbaijan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Azerbaijan</span></a>, likely signaling the end of its 30-year run as a "de facto state" (unrecognized country). <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us-calls-azerbaijan-halt-karabakh-attack-russia-urges-return-ceasefire-2023-09-20/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us-calls-aze</span><span class="invisible">rbaijan-halt-karabakh-attack-russia-urges-return-ceasefire-2023-09-20/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defacto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defacto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defactostates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defactostates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politicalgeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politicalgeography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/statehood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>statehood</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nagorno" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nagorno</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Karabakh" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Karabakh</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>world</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Caucasus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Caucasus</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politicalscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politicalscience</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/conflicttracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conflicttracking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/frozenconflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>frozenconflicts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/conflictzones" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>conflictzones</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span></p>