Azerbaijan embarks on another defense spending surge, underlining its military edge over Armenia and Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh. From EurasiaNet. by Shahin Abbasov Azerbaijan’s parliament on 22 October approved a military budget of 2.5 billion manats, or about $3.12 billion. That figure is higher than the entire state budget of Baku’s neighbor and longtime foe, Armenia. Experts […]