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Dennis Marburger returns to the show to talk about the humanitarian crisis occurring right now in Nagorno-Karabakh. Marburger gives the historical context behind what’s happening before digging into the details of the current blockade, which began late last year. Scott and Marburger then look at the geopolitical context and discuss how this can be resolved. 

Discussed on the show:

• “The Crisis We Ignore” (The Critic)
• Origins Discovery
• Armenophobia
• Maro Kochinyan
• “‘They want us to die in the streets’: inside the Nagorno-Karabakh blockade” (The Guardian)
• “Nations by Consent” (Mises.org)

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