Something very different this week! This is my very first attempt at a location video. I'd be really keen to hear what you think. Overall, it was an absolutely fascinating experience to visit Armenia, especially in the aftermath of the 2020 war. So, how do you see things evolving between the two countries in the years ahead. Is a peaceful settlement possible? As ever, do please give it a like, leave a comment and share it more widely. It really helps the video grow. And, if you would like to help support the channel, you can find out about channel membership here: kzitem.infojoin It all helps enormously. Many thanks!
@SpeedyGonzales2727
2 жыл бұрын
Will you shoot a video reflecting Azerbaijan’s point of view on this topic? It would fair and great if you shoot a video from Baku or Shusha presenting other side’s view. 👍
@mohamedmido4866
2 жыл бұрын
Your next video should be in Baku
@muradshirinov7451
2 жыл бұрын
Waiting for your visit to Baku and the liberated territories, especially Shusha! But, unfortunately, your some remarks don't reflect the reality, for example, you say Azerbaijan wasn't willing to negotiate to settle the matter. However, I want to let you know that Azerbaijan participated in all kinds of negotiation processes for 30 years. And because of the Armenian side's provocations aimed at spoiling the negotiation processes, and the co-chair states' unwillingness, made Azerbaijan to cut its own umbilical cord. Moreover, the statements(Artsakh is Armenia)and actions(going to Shusha, drinking and dancing there) of the prime minister of Armenia in recent years made the negotiations meaningless and totally ended them. Azerbaijan has always wanted to solve it in a peaceful way, but Armenia hasn't wanted to because then Armenia should have obeyed to the UN Security Council's 4 resolutions, which clearly stated that Armenian forces should leave the occupied territories of Azerbaijan unconditionally, immediately and completely.
@percamihai-marco7157
2 жыл бұрын
Great video, continue to do videos like this.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
@@muradshirinov7451 Thanks. If you listen again, I was very clear to point out that this was the simply view I heard in Yerevan. It wasn’t a statement of my view. In fact, I explicitly pointed out that I would hear something very different in Baku. This was a video deliberately designed to relay what I heard in Armenia. I didn’t go to judge. Just to listen to how people view the situation a year on from the war. Hopefully that is useful in its own right. But it’s important not to jump to conclusions about what my own views may, or may not, be.
@nabilalhami1681
2 жыл бұрын
So, field reporting is the new form of experimentation for this channel. Hope you can do more of these field reporting.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I would love to do more of these. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to do it often. But I do hope that I will be able to do it from time to time.
@Salu_GujjarGurjar7431
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay best wishes and respect for Armenia and Azerbaijan From south asia pakistan
@TheLocalLt
2 жыл бұрын
Wow your decision to go on location has definitely taken your channel to the next level. The style of video is fantastic, framed in the serious tone in which it should be, while giving us a bit of local flavor as well, presenting the local point of view while all the while remaining neutral. Your style is very much the style of Peter Jennings’ on-location geopolitical documentaries, both those that I grew up watching and those older ones I watched later on the internet, along with other older geopolitical documentaries from that 1980s-early 2000s era which I’ve later watched, such as those from Thames TV or PBS. This is is sharp contrast to the virtual propaganda which sadly almost all on-location geopolitical reporting devolves into today, even from mainstream outlets never mind internet ones. This channel has always been a breath of sanity, in a field in which it is needed badly, especially on the internet, and this fantastic on-location documentary adds even more credibility to that position of genuity.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much LocalLt. That is incredibly kind of you. You know how much I always value your thoughts! I am so glad you liked the style. I thought long and hard about how best to try to approach it. People have suggested that I should have done some interviews and vox pops. But this was difficult for a number of reasons, not least of all the sensitivity of the subject and language issues. In the end, I hoped that distilling the many conversations I had when I was there and trying to give a flavour of the city would be my own way of doing things. I also wanted to hold off from too much analysis. I went to listen, not to judge (although I obviously have a lot of views on things). Technically, it was also a challenge as I haven't done any outdoors videos before. Needless to say, I hope to be able to do more of these from time to time. I don't think they will be very often, but hopefully they will add an occasional something extra to the channel.
@savvasbambos2669
2 жыл бұрын
It's a required job from him. He is doing a secret job for secret societies. Wake up bro 🤔🤷♂️
@akifa428
2 жыл бұрын
As an Azerbaijani I understand Armenian people are upset, but we won’t forget the 28 years that we went through after our defeat. Also, the Karabakh region is within Azerbaijan, keep that in mind.
@asala2116
2 жыл бұрын
28 years of defeat for Azerbaijan.. Wowwww. Armenians have been experiencing victories and defeats for thousands of years..
@cavada615
2 жыл бұрын
@@asala2116 armenia only 100 years, show me 1 armenian empire. NONE! 200 years ago no armenia
@asala2116
2 жыл бұрын
@@cavada615 every Historian in the world will laugh at your statement.. Our Empire has been recognised by every Old Civilization..If what you said is true then how did the Armenians have an Empire stretching from the Caspian to the Black Sea to the Mediterranean all well known and documented history by the people living in thise days, how did we fight a large war against the Persians in 451 AD, how did we live in the Ottoman Empire for 700 years? Wake up to yourself and get some education..
@--Apollo--
2 жыл бұрын
@@asala2116 весь мир уже смеётся над вашими сказками ))
@cavada615
2 жыл бұрын
@@asala2116 In whole history you only have 1 fake empire like 3000 years ago. Show me just 1 armenian country or empire last like 2000 years. NONE! I can show you many Azerbaijani empires last 1000 years
@abdiaha7022
2 жыл бұрын
Would you consider interviewing either ordinary citizens or even policymakers in matters of international diplomacy/constitutional law in your future on field videos like this one James?
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Abdi. I have been thinking about doing some interviews at some point, but in a different format. It wasn’t suitable for this video as the subject is very raw. I didn’t want to ask people in the street what they thought about the conflict. One has to be careful about this. Also, most older people don’t speak English. Russian is the main second language there still.
@arammartirosyan9078
2 жыл бұрын
Really loved the field reporting from the city and the details of life you highlighted! You captured an impressive amount of nuance and perspective regarding the war, the prominent views among Armenians, and the lingering questions moving forward. As an Armenian myself, I truly appreciate this
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Aram. I had always wanted to go to Armenia. (I lived in Cyprus and there is an Armenian community there. I was always fascinated by it.) It really is such an interesting and welcoming country. But as you could see I also wanted to get a sense of how people see the situation now, but hopefully present it in a fair and non-judgemental way.
@arammartirosyan9078
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay Fascinating. Yes, Armenians definitely take pride in hospitality and will sometimes be effusive in the best way possible, haha. Very much appreciate the lack of judgement. I think this video can also remind Armenians in the diaspora that the "denial" that seems to exist in bustling Yerevan is only a veneer that covers the profound feelings of devastation and grief.
@josephali2965
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay I would like to see you in Azerbaijan.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
@@josephali2965 Yes. Maybe one day. But in the meantime enjoy seeing me in Armenia.
@josephali2965
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay It's great to watch your videos. Good luck !
@veyselturan6916
2 жыл бұрын
"Armenians are people living in a state of denial" , this one phrase describes those ppl, living in parallel world created by themselves.
@joefreeman9733
2 жыл бұрын
Well the Armenians are allied with Rus a IA. Which shares their problems in many ways. Having lived near Glendsle California which has a large concentrations of Armenians and well devoted white collar crime such as hacking data bases Medicare fraud credit card fraud car theft and export rings etc its really not surprising that Armenia has problems with its neighbors. The Azeris are themselves rather a piece of work. So it's not surprising th as t they have problems with the Armenians. In any event in the latest hostilities the Azeris throughly thrashed the Armenians. Th we EU and the US did not stop or intervene with the war given Armenisns alignment with Russia.
@nurlanshikhaliyev7274
2 жыл бұрын
Last sentence of the video "this is the country that lives in the denial about what happened". Armenia denied international law for many years, and now also denies reality.
@vartankhachadourian7048
2 жыл бұрын
There is no any international law which insist that's the land
@nurlanshikhaliyev7274
2 жыл бұрын
@@vartankhachadourian7048 and you still deny it.
@aalexandrian
2 жыл бұрын
Azerbaijan didn’t deny international law when torturing and killing innocent Armenian civilians? Or exploding trucks carrying supplies, rations, and water. All these actions are against the Geneva Conventions and you turn a blind eye to it?
@nurlanshikhaliyev7274
2 жыл бұрын
@@aalexandrian accept the reality. War is over and you lost it. The truth won. Just live with it. Never think about revenge.
@aalexandrian
2 жыл бұрын
@@nurlanshikhaliyev7274 did Azerbaijan accept the fact that they lost in 1994?
@Natchke_V.
2 жыл бұрын
Our brother and sisters Armenians,I’m georgian Christian and I know what kind of pain you have,no one knows and feels your pain better than Georgians,we have been living in this region for centuries and have always been brothers and sisters,I wish you all the best my Christian brothers,I hope that we will be able to support each other against our Common enemies🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲 ✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️
@husseinabbasoff2128
2 жыл бұрын
Who are your common enemies?
@Natchke_V.
2 жыл бұрын
@@husseinabbasoff2128 Turks that came here from Mongolia 😊
@husseinabbasoff2128
2 жыл бұрын
@@Natchke_V. Mongolians are different language familiy. They are not turk. And there are a lot of nations who ruled the new teretories. Armenians couldn't ruled their historical state. But georgia could. There is no Bizanate, Babil, Wikings anymore. World is secular. But if you support your religious brother. That is your opinion. I hope you also love your Christian Russian brother. Even they took Abkhazia and Shout Ossetia. But you can't judge them. Because they're also your religious brother.
@Natchke_V.
2 жыл бұрын
@@husseinabbasoff2128 You aren’t native Caucasians,you are Turks and not Caucasians.native causasians are Georgians,Chechens,ingushs and other people Your historical land is in Iran and not in Caucasus ;)
@Ukit50
2 жыл бұрын
All of the separatist projects in the South Caucasus are known to be interlinked and all of them were originally led, coordinated and directed by the Armenian lobby. And beyond this, they have one main feature: demographically, the separatists were doomed in advance and it was an attempt to "outplay the laws of history" that explained their savage, inhuman cruelty and purposefully organized genocide of the population, the "wrong", from the separatists' point of view, nationalities - Georgians in Abkhazia and Azerbaijanis in Karabakh. After all, it was enough to take statistical data from Soviet times to understand that demographically the three most "problematic" groups in the South Caucasus were Ossetians in South Ossetia, Abkhazians in Abkhazia and Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Abkhaz and Ossetians of Samachablo had lower fertility rates than the Georgians and the Armenians of Karabakh had much lower fertility rates than the Azerbaijanis. Furthermore, this also encouraged nationalism and separatism and was used by provocateurs to say that "if we leave things the way they are, they will "outbreed" us. Although no one in principle prevented the separatists from showing personal example and to "multiply and multiply" themselves. But the fact is that most of the leaders of the separatist movement had families with either few or no children. However, international law knows no such thing as infringement of human rights on the grounds of belonging to a demographically better ethnos. One cannot expel a person from his homeland just because his fellow tribesmen have more children than the separatists have " "miatsums" Therefore, the separatists not only lied, making up historical myths, according to which native Georgian and Azerbaijani people in their native lands were allegedly "newcomers", but they conducted ethnically cleansing of the peaceful population with wild cruelty during the wars unleashed. Firstly, to radically alter the ethno-demographic situation by killing as many people as possible, and secondly, to intimidate people so that they were afraid to return to their homes. This explains the brutality against the civilian population of both Armenian fighters in Khojaly and the same Armenian fighters and Abkhazian separatists in Sukhumi. That the separatists and Armenian nationalists have always considered the demographic factor as the main one and that is why they carried out ethnic cleansing, in fact, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan acknowledged and in fact revealed the aims of the separatists from the Karabakh clan, as well as those who sponsored and directed separatism in Abkhazia. This is evident from the text of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's statement on the negotiations on Nagorny Karabakh's notorious 'status' that the previous Armenian authorities were going to conduct: "...I refuted Serzh Sargsyan's statement at the RPA congress that the essence of the negotiations they abandoned guaranteed that Nagorno-Karabakh remained Armenian. Refuted because the right of Azerbaijanis living in NKAO to participate in the decision on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh as residents of Nagorno-Karabakh was fixed in the content of the negotiations. Consequently, if according to the content of the negotiations they are residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, then they should have been residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Armenian side never objected to this content of the negotiations before the 2018 revolution. And if we take into account that a referendum on the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to the content of the negotiations formed before I became Prime Minister, could have taken place 100 years later, it is predictable what changes in the demographic picture would have been in 'Artsakh' under those conditions...". In other words, everything is clear as to why not only the brutality in the massacre of Azerbaijanis in Khojaly, but also why similar atrocities in Abkhazia against Georgians. It is also clear why there is such wild Georgianophobia of the Armenian lobby in Russia, and why the same Armenia's constant voting against the return of Georgian refugees and Abkhazia at the UN General Assembly. One can logically surmise where is a completely senseless visa regime for citizens of Georgia introduced on the initiative of the Armenian lobby in Russia? Armenian lobby was not and does not want Georgian refugees to return to Abkhazia. So as not to create a precedent for the return of Azerbaijani refugees to Karabakh. In addition, due to the Armenian nationalists' inherent "greed" for foreign lands, they already consider Abkhazia "theirs", i.e. "Armenian" and do everything to ensure that Armenians demographically dominate here. Bear in mind that before the separatist wars, Georgians made up over 45% of the population of Abkhazia and Azerbaijanis over 30% of the population of NKAO. But! There is a pattern - the birth rate and natural increase of refugees is almost always higher than that of their persecutors. Obviously, the birth rate and natural increase of refugees from Karabakh and Abkhazia will be somewhat lower, but it is much higher than that of the separatists. In reality, before the second Karabakh war, no more than 50,000 of the original 120,000 or so Karabakh Armenians were left. At best, only 25,000 (some of them moved to occupied Abkhazia). Azerbaijani refugees from the former NKAO have long since outnumbered them. The families of refugees from Karabakh are the most numerous in Azerbaijan. Thus, there is no need to wait for 100 years, any referendum held in the territory of the former NKAO, if Azerbaijanis are returned to their homes, will show that the vast majority of the indigenous population of Karabakh considers it Azerbaijan! For Georgians refugees from Abkhazia, the demographic trends are somewhat similar. It is enough to visit any refugee settlement and one can see a lot of drying baby clothes, diapers and other children's clothes, small children everywhere. And at the same time, the families of the separatist looters who expelled them are often simply dying out in "trophy" homes. In this regard, one is simply amazed at the mendacity and cynicism of Armenian nationalists. They shout on every corner when they benefit from "friendship and brotherhood" with the Georgian people, but have deliberately arranged ethno-cleansing of the Georgian population from Abkhazia, deliberately do not allow Georgian refugees back to their homes and pursue a policy of "visa barriers" so that Georgians could not get into occupied Abkhazia even through Russia which occupied this territory. kavkazplus com
@samuelqorqmax2713
2 жыл бұрын
We would now like to see from Baku the Azerbaijani perspective about the development of this war and what it feels like for them after regaining Nagorno-Karabach after 30 years and after many failed peacekeeping resolutions on international politics.
@supaturk97
2 жыл бұрын
Hahah yeah he will never do such a video. Biased christian ofc
@MinecraftAddict991
2 жыл бұрын
@@supaturk97 More like he's gonna have to tiptoe much more carefully there. For instance, isn't anyone who denies Azeri claims to Artsakh liable to immediate arrest upon entry to the country?
@mannequinofscots5246
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, sure pretending to be offended is the best way to justify any violence.
@williamdavis9562
2 жыл бұрын
@@supaturk97 The guy seemed to work pretty damned hard to be objective. The video was essentially about how Armenians feel and he did a good job of conveying that. I would have liked his explanation of the origins of this conflict to be a tad bit more in line with reality but overall I think he did a very good job presenting an extremely sensitive topic.
@labella7458
2 жыл бұрын
@@MinecraftAddict991 where are y from?
@AggieAze
2 жыл бұрын
As an Azerbaijani I would like to thank the author for bringing this topic to attention. This is a great work and is very much appreciated, despite being skewed towards armenian views to some degree. We - Azerbaijan have tried to bring this "frozen" conflict to the attention of the world for about 30 years and major showstopper for this unfortunately were armenians themselves, since the world attention required immediate withdrawal off all armenian forces from all illegally occupied Azerbaijani lands. Azerbaijan has only implemented the international law requirements written on all official documents across the world, which it was waiting to be done by global community over the years.
@vardansimonyan966
2 жыл бұрын
as long as u write your country's name with upper case and my country's name with lower case, you prove all we say about you
@sunmiswashingmachine
2 жыл бұрын
@@vardansimonyan966 making a elephant out of a house fly.
@murad89bkru
2 жыл бұрын
@@vardansimonyan966 Read carefully, no country name "Armenia" were mentioned in the text above, only "armenians" or "armenian forces" as a people which is grammatically not required to write in capital letter. It just proves another time how brainwashed you are in seeing aggression in everything.
@Cecilia-ky3uw
2 жыл бұрын
Id still argue nagorno karakh and the region southwest of armenia should just be armenian and simply do a greek turkish style population exchangr
@sunmiswashingmachine
2 жыл бұрын
@@Cecilia-ky3uw no one listens to you if the international community disagrees
@Sabir5927
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for the video! As Azerbaijani side, we would be extremely grateful to see your visit to our country as well. You are always welcome in Azerbaijan!
@Asamations
2 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video James. I really loved that you visited Armenia to highlight what the general mood is about such a sensitive topic as a lost war. Very well made video. I hope you make more on location videos like this one!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. It was certainly a very different video from my usual ones! I’d love to do more of them from time to time. It probably won’t be very often though. But I do have some potential ideas in mind.
@tamu7243
2 жыл бұрын
Today, as I'm writing this, Armenia won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest that was hosted in Paris. And backstage after her victory, there was videos shot of Maléna, the winner from Armenia, and Sona Azizova, the Azerbaijani participant hugging. Which makes me very happy to see. But it also makes me sad that the children of these two nations are more mature than their leaders. As Armenia won this year, that means that they get to host the contest in 2022, it is a clear sign that Azerbaijan will not be participating next year, which is unfortunate. But seeing their two participants having a good relations gives me a slither of hope that despite their nations not being the best of friends, that the children of both nations can show them otherwise. It is possible for Armenia and Azerbaijan to work together for a better and brighter future for them all, and having Azerbaijan participate in Junior Eurovision in Armenia could be the start of something better. I love the people of both these nations, and it makes me sad to see their leaders just throwing lives at each other. Just wish they could throw some love at each other instead, like Maléna and Sona did.
@gudrat
2 жыл бұрын
Why are you so sure Azerbaijan will not participate in the contest in Armenia? There is a precedent as Azerbaijani Youth judo team participated in a competition in Armenia in 2009. I hope it will be repeated in Junior Eurovision as both governments more or less try to stabilize the relations.
@haroutkabaian9627
2 жыл бұрын
Both leaders? Azeris claim Armenia to be small and weak and they claim they lost so by logic Azeris started the war and Armenians were protecting themselves and their country. Armenians do not hate and have many friends do Turks and Azeris have many allies ?
@FUZZYnow
2 жыл бұрын
@@haroutkabaian9627 It does not help to continue repeating the same phrases over and over, Harout. If you want our region to prosper, stop repeating the same illogical, toxic, neo-fascist patriotic ideologies. Azerbaijanis do not wish nor try to make Armenia "smaller", no, Azerbaijanis want the houses, the lands they had to leave 30 years ago due to the fact that Armenians occupied them. But it's in the past. Now is not the time to decide what was right or wrong in the history, but to flip the paper over and work together for a better future.
@tamu7243
2 жыл бұрын
@@gudrat Armenia decided not to participate in Azerbaijan in 2012 when they hosted the adult Eurovision. Could be that Azerbaijan would do the same, but ofc I hope they'll participate nevertheless.
@haroutkabaian9627
2 жыл бұрын
@@FUZZYnow those are there's!!!!! Go read history!
@hakikarajcic3392
2 жыл бұрын
Armenia started conflict the first. It' s the fact.
@nativetorontonian
2 жыл бұрын
Man! I should've guessed this choice. This is a very interesting topic. Another gem James
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I hoped it would come out OK. It was so different from anything I’ve done before. And I’m certainly not a professional journalist or documentary film maker. But I like to think it was an interesting and useful look at the situation over there.
@IllusiveDude
2 жыл бұрын
It seems Turkey is warming up to Armenia for possible normalizations. That's some good news for both parties I think
@OhMaDayzz
2 жыл бұрын
11:08 "There is a belief this isn't the end of the story. Artsakh remains Armenian." This is probably true, just because that area has repeatedly been sacked and cleansed of its Armenian population. Shushi has gone from being held by Armenians to Azeris several times over just in 200 years. Armenians are lucky to still hold a significant part of Artsakh while inflicting heavy casualties on the Azeris, and in many ways the Azeris lost a lot harder in the 1990s than Armenians did last year.
@XDeathHackX
2 жыл бұрын
This should be the top comment ^
@YALQUZAQ_AZ
2 жыл бұрын
Yesterday I visited Baku military Trophies Park 🤣
@deusvult5247
2 жыл бұрын
@@YALQUZAQ_AZ and you will of course be a virgin in the end
@YALQUZAQ_AZ
2 жыл бұрын
@@deusvult5247 Why yoy are not in Erablur with your p11s
@yashma9545
2 жыл бұрын
If you again think to hold our territories with your military groupings, then a new war cannot be avoided.
@salamikroket8543
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think it's smart to think artsakh is coming back. it hadn't been resolved for 30 years. it didn't work that way. The counterparty will never agree because it is internationally regarded as Azerbaijan
@ab9840
2 жыл бұрын
Supposedly, Artsakh still exists but 1/3 smaller. They still have a government. Russian troops are stationed in Artsakh. Who knows what will happen when they leave. Population before the war at least 150.000. Around 90.000 left but many returned. Russian counted at least 50.000 returning. The government of Artsakh says there population is currently 120.000. Azerbaijan says Artsakhs population is 25.000, a figure they use to give the excuse on no need for further negotiations when it comes to Artsakh. Artsakh really needs the UN to have an official population count.
@YALQUZAQ_AZ
2 жыл бұрын
@@ab9840 Nope,we won the war and liberated our lands. Karabakh is Azerbaijan 🇦🇿. Armenians in 4 regions are Azerbaijanis and they will accept Azerbaijani passports
@salamikroket8543
2 жыл бұрын
@@ab9840 There no troops, they are called peace keepers.
@salamikroket8543
2 жыл бұрын
@HayelladaBall38 Probably true but you need to stop dreaming back for thousands years… It doesn’t help to develop Armenia in this stage
@salamikroket8543
2 жыл бұрын
@HayelladaBall38 Sure!
@GeographyWorld
2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Nice to see a video filmed on location. Seeing what the city is like really adds an extra layer of perspective.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much GW. I was obviously rather apprehensive about doing it. It was such a change from my usual videos. But I thought that a trip to Armenia was just too good an opportunity to try something new. And I was really keen to try to convey some sort of sense if the city. It really is a lovely place. I enjoyed my time there enormously. It really was very welcoming.
@williamdavis9562
2 жыл бұрын
It's so true what you said about the world attention during a conflict and how the place is completely forgotten post conflict. It is interesting to see how any society would deal with the aftermath which in many ways can be just as difficult as the war itself. I commend you for shedding light on something like this. However I think it would have been a bit more intellectually honest when explaining to origins of the conflict to not ignore the 800lbs elephant in the room. The ethnic cleansing of more than 800,000 Azeris when the Armenians invaded the territory. That was, more than anything else at the center of this conflict. Ignoring that, would be to ignore the major driving factor in this entire war.
@dunnowy123
2 жыл бұрын
This is a very nuanced take and I think you have an excellent point
@FUZZYnow
2 жыл бұрын
I am happy that there are people who are not brainwashed by the "western propoganda" and the Armenian lobby. Yes. 800.000 people who lost their homes are almost never mentioned by the west. Unfortunately.
@Not_From_Holland
2 жыл бұрын
What you refer to as ethnic cleansing was Azeri’s leaving the surrounding areas of Nagorno-Karabakh and Soviet Armenia/Republic of Armenia during the war since around 400.000 of them lived in Soviet Armenia Heydar Eliyev admitted trying to change the demographic in the largly Armenian dominated region by encouraging Azeri’s to migrate to NK by opening a university with Azeri sectors and opening shoe factories. This and Baku’s other policies like limiting the Armenian language in schools and the press resulted in Armenians wanting independence from Azerbaijan. Armenians living in western countries do not revolt against their governments because those governments treat them with respect, something Azerbaijan and the Ottoman Empire (and Turkey until the 80’s) didn’t do
@Not_From_Holland
2 жыл бұрын
After Armenians in NK grew increasingly dissatisfied with Soviet Baku’s policies a referendum was held where a majority of NKOA citizens voted to either be independent from Azerbaijan or join the Armenian Soviet Republic. In response the Pogrom’s against Armenians living in Azerbaijani cities like Baku, Sumgait and Kirovabad (Ganja) stated. This was the start of the war and I believe Azeri’s lost the first war because they didn’t have the proper reason to defend a region that they knew has always been inhabited largely by Armenians. I can say that Armenians lost the 2020 war because they grew too comfortable with the status quo. Also Baku’s government for 30 years has been promoting ethnic hatred against Armenians and lying about history (saying ancient churches in NK are not Armenian but ancient Caucasus Albanian (not European Albanian)). This hatred among young Azerbaijani’s who have never met an Armenian before lead to the same strong feelings wanting to take land the same way Armenians wanted to become independent from Azerbaijan and succeeded.
@williamdavis9562
2 жыл бұрын
@@Not_From_Holland So this is how you rationalize the wholesale ethnic cleansing of nearly 800,000 civilians? Do all ethnic cleansing deniers use the same guidebook or something? Your version of events seems oddly similar to when the Turks blame the Armenians for the Armenian genocide. I see you've been taking lessons from them.
@Apjan08
2 жыл бұрын
Great journalism and analytic work
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much indeed. I really appreciate it. I'm not actually a journalist, and this was my first ever attempt to make a video on location, and so it perhaps lacked some of the finesse that one would expect of a news report. But I hoped that it would give a flavour of the situation.
@rubo1964
2 жыл бұрын
Its obvious Turkish and Israeli drones were decisive outcome of the war.As an Armenian my heart cries for thousands of young men losing their lives.To me every Armenian life lost is one too many. WE will overcome as we have centuries
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. You are very right. The role of outside actors was crucial. But it is also important to note that most outside observers familiar with the country also note that Armenia had become complacent. As for the longer term situation, hopefully some form of peaceful settlement will be found. The wars between the two countries have cost both to them far too much!
@heisenberg7891
2 жыл бұрын
Karabakh is Azerbaijan!Yashma,special forces 052 dominated armenian soldiers!I am proud of Azerbaijan soldier!
@heisenberg7891
2 жыл бұрын
Pure armenian..You have lost to the moral and psychological strength of the Azerbaijani people..It is not your business to fight with us..
@_Fruzhin_
2 жыл бұрын
Long life Armenia🇦🇲🙏🏻 Regards from Bulgaria🇧🇬
@maserekasimon9537
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Prof James. Am watching this 4 months later. Going to the place makes your narrative appear less academic. It engages all our senses. You did good remaining within the less than 15minutes time for your videos despite the interludes. Keep that up to avoid the long video time history documentaries put us through.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I really loved doing that video. It was my very first on location. I would really love to do some more. I have a couple of ideas.
@maserekasimon9537
2 жыл бұрын
Your videos have become an obsession for me. The way you cut through decades of history in minutes is fascinating. Am Ugandan following your channel. I will make a contribution to your work soon.
@lemonlite_
2 жыл бұрын
This video was absolutely lovely! The change in scenery is very much welcome, but especially the valuable prospectives added by locals! Well done, I hope to learn more of international relations soon!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. It was so different from my usual videos. And quite a challenge as I have never tried location shooting before. I’m so glad you liked it!
@travelmentaryTV
2 жыл бұрын
As for the Russian role, Russia used this war to "punish" the Armenian government for the fact that before the conflict they established a somewhat pro-Western approach. That way, they showed Armenians their narrative: "The West won't help you - and we won't either, if you don't stick to our block." In addition to that, Russia has strong business ties with Azerbaijan. Let's not forget that Azerbaijan is not just any country, but a former member of the Soviet Union.
@williamdavis9562
2 жыл бұрын
@Travelmentary TV, out of all the comments I've been reading this is the most rational one. Russia most certainly didn't step in earlier to "teach Armenia a lesson" as Armenia had been looking to get away from Russian influence and forge closer ties with Nato nations. But as another poster on the same thread said, Russia did eventually step in to stop their ally's army from being completely destroyed. In general terms Russia causes these conflicts, then Russia comes in as the saviors. It's very interesting. I'd imagine people in both these nations would be far better off without any sort of Russian influence.
@travelmentaryTV
2 жыл бұрын
@@williamdavis9562 I doubt that Armenia “would be better off without any Russian influence”. Because without Russia, Armenia wouldn’t exist for three days. Erdogan from Turkey has already phantasized about “breaking Armenia’s back”. And given what we know what Turkey has done to Armenians in the past, this is not just talk. In this case I also fail to see how Russia “causes these conflicts” - this is about a disputed area between Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Turkish idea of being a global player - not so much about Russia. For the Russian government it is just another nuisance next to its borders and not a conflict that they have been actively looking for. In the end it is geopolitics and the Russian Federation is neither better nor worse than any of the other participants in this new round of “the Great Game”.
@williamdavis9562
2 жыл бұрын
@@travelmentaryTV Georgia is in that region and no one is trying to "break their back" aside from Russia itself. I'd imagine when Armenia stops making territorial claims on 3 of it's 4 neighbors they'll be just fine, not to mention all the trade opportunities that come with it. As far as Russia causing these conflicts it's no secret that Russia to keep influence in different regions had a policy to ferment divisions in different ethnic groups, it's a policy they've been pretty open about since Soviet days. In fact the borders of Nagorno Karabakh were actually drawn to keep the town sides in conflict by the USSR. Not to mention that in the 1990s Russia armed Armenia to the teeth to invade Azerbaijan which is what is causing this current conflict. Russian influence in this region will lead to nothing but misery for the people. As far as geopolitical strategy being "no worse" than other nations I beg to differ. All large nations do horrible things, my nation has done some of the most horrible things on the planet in the last 50 years. With that said you won't find one group of people under Russian influence who didn't suffer massively from it and will curse Russian influence to the ends of the world. I get why Russia does it, it's their defense strategy to keep influence outside their borders as their heartland would be difficult to defend without that buffer, considering how aggressive Nato has been on the Russians even after the breakup of the USSR, I can again understand why Russia does this. But understanding why they do it and to simply ignore the horrible consequences on these ethnic groups under their thumb are two different things. Russia will at the end of the day do anything in their power to make sure these two nations are in constant tension, it's the only way to ensure they stay within the Russian orbit and keep Nato out. From the Russian point of view just imagine what would happen of Armenia had great relations with her neighbors. First their economy would take off, their trade with the outside world via the ports of Armenia's neighbors would open Armenia up to the world, it's living standards would go up and it would be a lot closely aligned with Nato and the west in general. Big win for your average Armenian in the street but a HUGEE loss for Russia. So my original point still stands, Russia does not in any way, shape or form want Armenia and Azerbaijan to not have tension. Good for Russia, bad for Azerbaijan much worse for Armenia. Yes I understand the "great game" and I don't blame Russia for playing it. But I won't sit here and paint a rosy picture of what is done in the great game either. If I did, I'd sound like those idiots who claimed invading Iraq was going to be a good thing for the people who live there.
@williamdavis9562
2 жыл бұрын
@Nikolay Karlovich If Russia didn't want tension between these two nations long term why draw the borders that will inevitably lead to tension? Why arm one side so heavily so it can invade the other and slaughter their people? Russia wants and needs nations in their orbit to not get along, its' the only way to retain their influence.
@travelmentaryTV
2 жыл бұрын
@@williamdavis9562 I’m sorry, I think your point of view is rather biased and blatantly anti-Russian to begin with. It seems to me that for a reason I don’t know your opinion is based on some sort of personal issue. I have seen people talking similarly, because their Russian girlfriend sacked them or because they lost a business dealing - I don’t know what it is, but I have heard it all before 🤷♂️ 😅. Just kidding 😀. So back to the topic 😀 What you’re claiming just doesn’t seem objective. Hence you are making Russia responsible for an issue that is not at all about Russia. Russia has had no interest in this conflict whatsoever and could have easily lived on with the status quo before it. Now it binds more troops and costs more money than it did before. Besides, it is hard to believe that Armenia could coexist peacefully with Azerbaijan and especially Turkey. The latter frequently questions the very existence of Armenian statehood. Georgia and South Ossetia are a totally different story. I believe that all those conflicts have pre-existed and when the Soviet Union collapsed it caused a major geopolitical problem. Old hatred reappeared, while millions of people ended up living in completely different post-Soviet reality. This is also why the Russian president called the dissolution of the Soviet Union a geopolitical catastrophe. Anyway, I made my points and prefer not to further participate in that sort of discussion and wish you a great day.
@moshehaifa
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video and I like the change of style. I would be interested in a video on attitudes in Azerbaijan after the war also or even on Russian attitudes relating to the conflict.
@williamdavis9562
2 жыл бұрын
@Nikolay Karlovich Putin made sure neither side got a decisive victory and made sure a situation for future tension wasn't lost.
@williamdavis9562
2 жыл бұрын
@Nikolay Karlovich And he got Russian troops into the region which was his main goal. Lets not forget this conflict has roots in Russian policy to draw borders to ferment conflict between ethnic groups so they're easier to control. This specific conflict exists because Russia armed Armenia to the teeth to invade their neighbor and didn't even blink an eye as 800,000 people were ethnically cleansed. So now we're supposed to believe they're the peace makers? Please.... I understand Russian policy, they need influence in these regions to defend their heartland, especially considering how aggressive Nato has been to Russia, I get that I also get that the easiest way to maintain influence is to keep these nations in conflict with each other. But don't paint this situation as Russian influence being a good thing for the native people, they're simply not.
@AG-ig8uf
2 жыл бұрын
@Nikolay Karlovich "But I will say that the conflict did start during soviet times and that Soviet military and Azeri special forces were displacing Armenians which angered the Armenians and then led to the first nargano-Karabakh." - now that's simply a lie. Conflict started long before that, and armenians had no issues in cleansing ALL Azeri populated areas in armenia before that. You should refresh your memories, conflict was instigated by Mikhail Gorbachev’s advisor Abel Aganbekyan stating in Paris on November 16, 1987 that Nagorno-Karabakh region should be handed to armenia. It was unheard of in USSR to make territorial demands of such scale, let alone publicly, let alone in frickin Paris! And it went downhill from there. It was clearly approved by Gorbachev and top USSR leadership, so to make claims that Gorbi was on Azerbaijani side is not just a lie, it is a blatant lie. Mind it, armenians in NK were given autonomy by early Soviet government specifically for that, while comparably large territories populated by majority Azeris in armenia and Georgia, weren't given any autonomies at all. And they never made any issues about it! To this day, Azeris are most populous minority in Georgia, but unlike literally every other minority, even georgian minorities like Mengrels, Azeris in Georgia always stayed loyal to Georgia and didn't make any secessionist claims. Compare that to armenians, Ossetians, Abkhaz and even Mengrels.
@AG-ig8uf
2 жыл бұрын
@Nikolay Karlovich Again, you deliberately swapping cause and effects. Zangezur region in armenia was also majority Azer region, and they had no autonomy, none of the rights which armenians in Karabakh enjoyed. The rest is just outright lies, like " because the Armenian language was not taught in schools" - not only was it taught in schools, but they had theaters and publishing in armenian. The claim about churches is even more laughable, churches and mosques in soviet union were treated in the same way. "hey will keep attacking and provoking Armenia" another lie, as Azerbaijan NEVER made any territorial claims against armenia, and never attacked it, YOU invaded Azerbaijan, simple fact even your government acknowledged. "Armenia doesn’t ask Azerbaijan to give up their enclave on their western border." ffs, this is just getting ridiculous, do you live in some parallel reality ? Nakchivan is not enclave, do you even know what enclave means ?? For any prospect of peace, you should start by accepting facts and reality, why is it so hard for you ??
@elguntarverdiyev5247
2 жыл бұрын
Talk about the surrender of Yerevan to the Armenians by Azerbaijan in 1918. Talk about the forcible capture of Zangazur from Azerbaijan in 1920. You are talking about foreign aid to Azerbaijan in the war 😂😂 There is a military force, a military difference. population between our countries. Go tell your tales to Armenians!
@karenwalkeden6030
2 жыл бұрын
You need Jesus ✝️🙏✝️
@mirandapillsbury7885
2 жыл бұрын
The romanticization of an occupying force is shameful James. As mentioned, Armenia not only took control of Karabakh but of ALL the land surrounding it. Not just a corridor to connect it to Karabakh, no. But entire massive swaths of land around it that were decisively Azeri majority yet you do not mention that really at all...just casually bring it up as if it those lands too were part of Karabakh or Armenian majority. Why do all your videos have a civilizational tone to them. A "christian state above everything else" type of tone. Never an inkling on trying to humanize the usually Muslim side. Whether it be Cyprus or Karabakh etc... Really frustrating and disapointing.
@claireindigo1200
2 жыл бұрын
That’s a lie
@mirandapillsbury7885
2 жыл бұрын
@@claireindigo1200 No it's not? Did you even take a look at the map he showed? It clearly shows Karabakh and then the land around it that Armenia illegally snatched up and was inhabited by Azeris.
@gudrat
2 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine how a report could be more precise and unbiased. Delicious work!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much indeed. It was an interesting opportunity to look at how people in Armenia see the situation a year after the conflict. I hope that it was a useful look at their views.
@hidayetresulzade2699
2 жыл бұрын
Qərəzli heçnə yoxdu videoda?
@buggernight7129
2 жыл бұрын
@@hidayetresulzade2699 xeyir obyektif formada herşeyi gözel başa salıb
@labella7458
2 жыл бұрын
@@buggernight7129 siz dilimizde yazan ermenisiz 100%. duz edirsiz, oyrenin turk dilini)
@buggernight7129
2 жыл бұрын
@@labella7458 besdirinde hele Sizin kimilərə göre Azerbaycanda inkişaf etmir
@TheSpiritof76
2 жыл бұрын
I feel like the "outside help is the only reason we lost the war" line is common to pretty much every people that lose a war nowadays, it's a coping mechanism that nationalists use even when their country also got outside ""help"" like Armenia getting Russian weapons for dirt cheap for years or Arabs getting help from the Soviets against Israel.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. I would tend to agree. It does help countries face up to disastrous situations like this. Many outsiders I have spoken to who know the situation well pointed out that Armenia had become very complacent over the past couple of decades. But there's also an issue that it just couldn't keep up with Azerbaijan's military spending. There were years when Baku was spending more on its armed forces than the entire Armenian state budget! But it is clear that Turkish - and Israeli - help was decisive. (It is also fascinating to see how drones are completely revolutionising warfare.) In any case, it would be really interesting to read a full account of all this at some point - if we ever get one!?
@edomin1148
2 жыл бұрын
For your info genius, Armenia got the cheap stuff from Russia. The soviet version of their weapons. And Azerbaijan could afford and spent far more on the Russian, Israeli, Turkish latest cutting edge weapins with its oil cash. As for Israel's? They sure helped, since anyone is supported by them has western support autimatucally, or turning a blind eye on their actions. And azeri corrupt dictatorship is one such country.
@frankishteynfrank9133
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay Huge military spending does not necessarily translate into military strength. An example would be how little Saudis accomplished militarily during its years-long conflict against Housis in Yemen.
@muradmammadov680
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay, the whole idea in warfare is to make sure that your opponent is inferior to you in as many aspects as possible. One can always find injustice even if they have the equal number of soldiers, equipment, budget. There is always something that makes one side win. It takes intelligence to use those resources and diplomatic skills to benefit from foreign actors.
@xseajin2055
2 жыл бұрын
What many don't realize, is that Pashinyan was ALWAYS making anti-Artsakhi statements in favor of Azerbaijan, and then he came to power through a color revolution. Google "color revolution" and see what that is. No, it's not NATO and ISIS and Israel helping AZE that decided the war- it was Pashinyan. He capitulated. Russia even tried getting inside to help early on, but Pashinyan refused. Lol. Color revolutions are backed by the US, UK, and EU and other NATO members. There is geopolitical reasons for this, and it all comes down to $$$ sadly.
@e117616
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your attempts to stay unbiased, enjoyed the video. Not sure if the song in the end was on purpose but a great selection for your ending remark. The song is an iconic soviet "a nam vse ravno" ("we don't care").
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I hadn’t realised. I just heard the chap playing and just whipped out the camera and started filming. It just seemed such an appropriate tune to end the video. I certainly didn’t appreciate its deeper significance. :-)
@chanell68
2 жыл бұрын
LONG LIVE AZERBAIJAN 🇦🇿 ❤ TURKIYE. Armenians need to be able to see the their future and get on well with the neighbour countries. They should stop burning burning the houses of Azerbaijans.
@oguzb.7033
2 жыл бұрын
Turkey and Azerbaijan want peace with Armenia, I think this area together with Georgia can become a free trade and travel area. Everyone will benefit from this but Armenia will most, Armenia should just open the roads and Turkey and Azerbaijan will open the borders.
@oguzb.7033
2 жыл бұрын
Turkey and Azerbaijan can become an ally of Armenia, will open roads to west for Armenia. Biggest loves start with fights.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. Great idea. I agree completely. The origins of the EU can provide a really good model for this. It's also worth noting that in the Balkans there are real steps by Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia to try to create a free trade and travel area.
@mubarizaliyev2120
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, James. It was nice to watch this video. Quite informative indeed. Since you say there will (most likely) be no video about the Azerbaijani perspective of the post-war period I will summarize for your viewers what we, Azerbaijanis think of the results of the war and how we see the future: - Unsurprisingly people are extremely happy to have won the war but all are unhappy about Russia's presence in the region. People doubt Russia wants peace in the region. - People want to believe that there would be no more war, no more deaths, no more sufferings. - People are ready to live peacefully with Armenians within the borders of Azerbaijan. - People really want peace finally. There is a common opinion that this conflict cannot continue forever. Though this should all be done within the principle of territorial integrity. No sort of autonomy arrangement is welcome. - There is a hope that the opening of communications and trade routes between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey will serve peace. (After all, as the Bretton-Woods conference suggested "countries that trade with each other are less likely to make war with each other"). P.S. These are all based on my personal observations and might not represent the opinions of some groups or individuals.
@Armenia-td3wj
2 жыл бұрын
My Grandfather older than azerbajan 😂😂😂imagine Hes born in1911…..but azerbajan made by turks for political reasons…in 1918 😂😂😂😂😂😂 and stalin give them a name azery in 1936..did you know that my smart friend
@YALQUZAQ_AZ
2 жыл бұрын
@@Armenia-td3wj The ethnonym "Azerbaijanis" has been used in various forms in academic literature since the 18th and 19th centuries. The same encyclopedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron called the Turkic population of the Caucasus and Northern Iran "Azerbaijani" or "Aderbeijani". In particular, the encyclopedia names “Azerbaijanis” as separate peoples in the Turkic family, pointing out its anthropological, linguistic, cultural and external differences from the rest of the Turkic peoples. “Iranian type Turks - Iranian and Caucasian Aderbeijanis”. Further, when classifying the Turkic peoples of the Caucasus, Iran and Asia Minor (Turkey), they are divided into two types: Osmanli and Aderbeijanis. Describing the various peoples of the Caucasus, the encyclopedia writes: "the Aderbeijanis with such a high growth are mesocyphalic (head index 80.4)." And describing the Persians of Iran, the Brockhaus and Efron encyclopedia states that the “Persians” also mean the Turkic peoples - including the “Azerbaijanis” of Iran and the Caucasus, which make up half of the so-called “Persians”
@YALQUZAQ_AZ
2 жыл бұрын
@@Armenia-td3wj "I could never come to an aggrement with the Armenians. Their cunning is rather squeamish,meanness is rather unbearable,and the meanness is regrettable" (French traveller Count de Cholier)
@YALQUZAQ_AZ
2 жыл бұрын
@HayelladaBall38 Karabakh is Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Cyprus is Turkey 🇹🇷
@YALQUZAQ_AZ
2 жыл бұрын
@HayelladaBall38 We are indigenous inhabitants of Caucasus Turks liberated Cyprus during Ottoman Era
@dawud7864
2 жыл бұрын
This channel is sooooooo sooooo underated. Keep it up Sir
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! That’s incredibly kind of you to say!
@FredoRockwell
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, great video! Loved seeing the glimpse of daily life in Yerevan, and getting a perspective of things a year on. Way to go!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Fredo! And thank you for the absolutely brilliant tips before I left. I can’t tell you how much I appreciated it! It made a huge difference.
@mehmetalibursal4388
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for conveying the current and historical crisis in international relations from the perspective of a documentary filmmaker. Greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. I hope you found it useful to get a perspective from neighbouring Armenia. It will be very interesting to see what happens with Turkish-Armenian relations. There has been some talk of a thawing of relations. I actually hope to make a video on this at some point. And warmest greetings from London! :-)
@steppenwolf5956
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay I think when Armenia withdraws its claims on land from TR ans AZ the first step will be made. And if not TR and AZ can wait. In the meantime Armenia well remain poor and weak!
@minzblatt
2 жыл бұрын
@HayelladaBall38 "Historic lands"? Give me a break. Turks been living there since early 1000s, Seljuk Turks been ruling the place since 1037! Thats more history than your great grandma can tell you. More history than most European nations or off-shoots of that can claim for. Thats THOUSAND years for you. And we didnt expect anyone to give, we simply took it since we could, as any nations in those ages did for eternity and many centuries thereafter for your knowledge. Matter of fact, you werent even the first owner of that land or of the land your very republic of Armenia is now standing on. Remember the Urartians / Biai people? You stole their land when you came down from what is now Russia / Urals. Even your capital city, Yerevan, your biggest landmark, lake Sevan, and your symbolic national landmark which is internationally recognised Turkish property, Mt. Ararat... all of them carry names which DO NOT ORIGINATE in your Armenian language, that is Indo-European, but are scientifically Urartian. Now come to terms with modernity and international community, update your school books and maps and we can be normal neighbours. If you think you gain anything by prolonging this charade, you will only find out that this game can be played by more than one and nobody, no Russia or France or USA, will be nearby when the next round of this stupid game is laid out.
@labella7458
2 жыл бұрын
@HayelladaBall38 do u learn history from wiki?😂😂😂😂😂
@deplorable2767
2 жыл бұрын
Love to Armenia 🇦🇲 from the US 🇺🇸
@jacojaar2212
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! It was nice to get an update on the limbo in Krabakh. Looking forward to more field reports!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I am really glad you liked it. I will try to do more from time to time. I have a couple of ideas brewing!
@canakaln8423
2 жыл бұрын
Georgia is a really good example against your argument James. Both Turkey and Azerbaijan have good relationships with Georgia and nobody is thinking of a war or hatred against them. But from Armenia side, they have bad relations with all the neighbors except Iran. But probably that is only "enemy of my enemy is my friend" thing which is Iran was using for many centuries against the Turks. So nothing has changed in this part. What Armenia needs to do build a good relationship with her neighbors like Georgia, Turkey and Azerbaijan, instead, what they do is to play victim part but eventually have eyes on others land by claiming it was theirs 1000 years ago lol. Go to Yerevan metro and you will see a big map of so called Armenia having pieces of land from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Georgia. If this was the extremist logic you got educated in your schools, war is only thing you will get in return. Hatred seeds the hatred . I hope Armenia has learned the lesson but unfortunately painfully. Hope for future cooperation and would love to come to Armenia again to taste nice ararat brandy or the legendery wines. That is how I would love to remember Armenia but not with the war and poverty.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. But I’m not sure what ‘my argument’ is that Georgia is a good example against!? I didn’t try to present a particular argument. This was about listening and learning what they view was in Yerevan.
@canakaln8423
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay sorry for mistake. Against their argument which is how they represent being the wall between Turkic world and how they represent and express it as a holly mission that all Christian countries had to come to defend them(which they didnt). Georgia is also between Turkey and Azerbaijan and other Turkic World. But Georgia or its people don't see it as a threat but an opportunity. Georgia is now a gateway between Turkic countries and their trade with Turkey. So Georgia take greatly benefit from the foreign trade and taxes. Why cant it be the same with Armenia? The problem with them, they got themselves too much extremized with some shitty historical propaganda eventually results in bad relations with its almost all neighbors and put them in extreme poverty and got locked inland. What do you think? İ'd like to hear
@zohrabp2142
2 жыл бұрын
@@canakaln8423 I dont know why you think Georgians and Armenians don’t get along? The main reason why Georgian government slightly supports Azerbaycan is due to them being economically important and the fact that Armenia supported Russia at the Georgian Ossetian border conflict. You make it seem like Armenia is a warmongering state but we have the worst geopolitical cards due to the genocide and being displaced you know… you can still feel the effects of the bad geopolitical state Armenia got put in.
@zohrabp2142
2 жыл бұрын
@@canakaln8423 I don’t want to get too deep but I think you are a hypocrite. You push a certain stigma on armenian people while turkey is literally interfering on every of its Border Cyprus, syria Armenia, Greece, Libya etc. Please stay neutral or else don’t say anything in that subject.
@rafaelaliyev2960
2 жыл бұрын
Американские историки Жастин и Кэролин Маккарти: Во времена ханств город Иреван состоял из 4-х кварталов - Гала, Шехер (Шехри), Тепебашы и Демирбулаг. Армяне, будучи малочисленными, проживали только в пригородных деревнях. Квартал Шехер (Шехри) был самой древней частью города. В квартале Тепебашы (современный Конд), расположенном в западной части города, поселились около 50-ти семей армянских цыган (боши), прибывших из Индии. Многочисленные сады именитых жителей Иревана отделяли квартал Тепебашы от квартала Шехер. В квартале Демирбулаг (Караханк), расположенного в южной части города, проживали только азербайджанцы. И в Иреванской крепости, как отмечали Ж. Тавернье и Ж. Шарден, проживали только азербайджанцы. В современном городе Иреван нет ни одного присущего армянам историко-культурного памятника возрастом более 150 лет. Причина этого в том, что армяне были постепенно переселены в Иреван из Ирана и Турции в начале XIX века после завоевания Россией Иреванского ханства. Историко-культурные памятники Иревана были построены в восточном архитектурном стиле. Путешественники и летописцы описывали Иреван в своих произведениях как типичный Азербайджанский город.
@tiagocabrera3662
2 жыл бұрын
I am from Armenia and thank you for this video. Always following the chain and happy to see you here.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. It was my first time in the country. I had always wanted to go and it certainly didn’t disappoint. It is just sad that it came at such a difficult time. But I must say that I loved Yerevan. So interesting and welcoming!
@GJ1998ARG
2 жыл бұрын
First thought you were a fellow Argentinian with that name
@eldanizeldaniz6495
2 жыл бұрын
🙃
@derekerasmus8716
2 жыл бұрын
Location video is very nice. Nice to get a bit of a picture of the place.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I thought so too! Do keep an eye out for upcoming videos. I’m hoping to do another one in the next month or so.
@Mavrickman100
2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating Video! Thank you so much for the effort in this one. Hope we can have more of this quality content in the future. Merry Christmas, James.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I would love to do more of these. Not easy to put them together. But I hope they are something I can do occasionally. And a very Merry Christmas to you too! :-)
@samiralakbarov2838
2 жыл бұрын
James when are you coming to Azerbaijan to cover the view of another side?
@vshlearning7230
2 жыл бұрын
Melonhead azeryturq s.o.b.
@kkkks497
2 жыл бұрын
@@vshlearning7230 s.o.b
@lucyforbes7905
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for visiting Armenia 🇦🇲 and reporting on Artsakh 🇦🇲, Professor James Ker-Lindsay.
@Andreas-bw5zx
2 жыл бұрын
Mr. James Ker-Lindsay, I really liked this video. It touches rather sensitive topics, yet remains a solid medium for arguments that I, as an Armenian, think about very often. I have heard too many opinions about the future of Artsakh, the future of Armenians there, and it seems bleaker than ever. That said, I don't want to sound overly dramatic. Thank you for making this video. I wish you the best and I wish strength, security and prosperity for my nation.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the incredibly kind comment. I know that it has been a tough time for the country and I wanted to get a better sense of how people there see things. I didn’t want to judge. Just to listen and relay what I heard. I hope I managed to convey that sensitively. Overall, I must say that I loved Yerevan.
@bayramvaliyev2670
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay Thanks James. Interesting indeed. Also, I hope the Karabagh problem will be replaced by peace between the two countries according their world known international borders. Would be good to see your videos also from Baku. All the best from Azerbaijan
@Shaunt1
2 жыл бұрын
Good video, I have been in Yerevan for 7+ months this year.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! How have you found living there? From my week there, it seems like a lovely city and very liveable.
@Shaunt1
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay Good and bad, I don't like the police. Maybe if the Economy was better.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear about the police. I must say that I noticed rather a lot of them. But I never felt any sort of threat from them. Then again, I know that while they often avoid foreigners it is only matter if time before you have to encounter them for some reason. I can remember a very unpleasant run in with Greek police one night when I lived in Athens. We’re taught to be polite to police. In Greece everyone hates the police and so they don’t trust people who are too polite. In fact the more polite I was the more aggressive and unpleasant they became. My girlfriend, who was about as tough a Greek woman as I’ve knew, sat back and watched with amusement until it looked like they were going to arrest me for being too polite. Choosing her moment perfectly she stepped in and went mad at them. Threatening them. They backed off immediately! Never seen anything like it, especially as that would get you arrested on Britain! Anyway, I get a sense of what you might mean. I was only in Yerevan a short time, but really liked it. But I know his difficult it can be when you have to live in a place much longer. What seems fun and different at first can become very frustrating very quickly. Again, Athens springs to kind! :-)
@ufc5148
2 жыл бұрын
How do you own a land that part of another country??? We aren’t stupid. Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🔥💪🏾
@gamarro15
2 жыл бұрын
Super interesting video. Looking forward to see your recording the “other side of the story” from Azerbaijan 👍
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Not sure when or if I will do one from Azerbaijan. But it’s actually not that important. If I do one, I do one. If I don’t, I don’t. I just hope this was an interesting view of the situation from Yerevan.
@jackholler3572
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay But that makes you biased. I think you should ask azerbaijan. Because you say azerbaijan never negotiated but azerbaijan is waited for 30 years to make west and russia to solve it because even they did not recognized the karabaq as armenian soil.
@user-eu5nx4ek9u
2 жыл бұрын
When you see that destruction that armenians and russians caused in those areas ask armenians why they have not done anything in that land
@johanneskatch4162
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay excelent work! I believe that being with Armenia is being with the right side. Just reading about the history Nakichevan,karabagh have been always part of the armenian people and how this turkics stole from them is disgusting. The same we face IN Serbia we lose Kosovo .
@serifgozen1389
2 жыл бұрын
Very touchy video you created ;)
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@MartintheMetalhead
2 жыл бұрын
wow, well done James. I went to Yerevan back in 2017 and fell in love with the whole of Armenia.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yes, I must say that I loved Yerevan. It was actually rather different from what I was expecting - especially so soon after the war. Overall, it was incredibly interesting and welcoming. Highly recommended.
@marcocolo7151
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. I like this on location video and the topic is particularly fascinating.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Marco. I’m really glad you liked it! Unfortunately, I won’t be able to do these very often, but it’s nice to try to do one from time to time. I hope all is well with you.
@andersforsberg1737
2 жыл бұрын
Nice video as always.
@byronbailey9229
2 жыл бұрын
Turkey still lusts to complete its 1915 effort.
@rigrag7876
2 жыл бұрын
That was well worth the wait James! I was intrigued to see where you had planned to go for your first 'on location' video and I think this was a great choice. It's obvious you've spent a lot of time thinking about how to shoot this as it was extremely well put together. Glad Covid didn't derail your plans for this. Fair to say you can consider this experiment a success!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! :-) I’m so glad to hear that you liked it. It was obviously something entirely new for me. It was great to have the chance to go to Armenia and this seemed like the best topic to tackle while I was there. I certainly hope to be able to more of these from time to time. In the meantime, thanks so much once again for all the support!
@mahatmagaand
2 жыл бұрын
Huge fan from Kerala, India here! We Love your videos professor.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
That is absolutely wonderful to hear. :-) Thank you so much. Wishing you all my very best from London.
@iaw7406
2 жыл бұрын
Many azerbaijanis are triggered over this video for no reason.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It is really interesting, isn’t it!? Actually, I get the impression that many are Turkish. Also, I think some are Pakistani or Bangladeshi. (Remembering that Pakistan is the only country in the world that doesn’t recognise Armenia because of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue!? Even Azerbaijan recognises Armenia!) But it is incredible how many commenters don’t get the concept of looking at how a conflict affects a society and that this can be done without having to then go and look at how it affects the other side. It is actually fascinating.
@huseinov.
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay Hello sir. I understand you have any information about First Karbakh war (1989-1994) . Please search about it and I sure you will be well informed aremina and its war crimes .
@irreligiousman3395
2 жыл бұрын
The third volume of the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (p. 571) contains a list of those who ruled Irevan from the end of the 14th century to 1828. Is there at least one Armenian among them? 1. Emir Saad (end of the XIV century - 1410); 2. Pir Huseyn (son of Emir Saad), Pir Gaib (son of Pir Hussein) - (1410-1420); 3. Abdul (son of Pir Hussein) (1430); 4. Yagub bey (1440); 5. Hasan Ali Kara Koyunlu (1460); 6. Div Sultan Rumlu (1515); 7. Huseynjansultan Rumlu (1550); 8. Shahgulusultan Rumlu (1550-1575); 9. Muhammad khan Tohmah Ustajli (1576-1583) 10. Hydyr Pasha (1583); 11. Muhammad Sharif Pasha (1604); 12. Amir-Guna khan Qajar (1605-1625); 13. Tohmaz Gulu khan Qajar (1625-1635); 14. Kelbeli Khan (1636-1639); 15. Jaghatay Kyotuk Muhammad Khan (1639-1648); 16. Keyhosrov khan (1648-1652); 17. Muhammad Khan (1652-1656); 18. Najafgulu Khan (1656-1663); 19. Abbasgulu khan Gajar 1663-1666); 20. Sefigulu khan (1666-1674); 21.Sarkhan bey (1674-1675); 22.Sefigulu khan (1675-1679); 23. Hall of the khan (1679-1688); 24. Murtuzagulu khan (1688-1691); 25. Muhammadgulu khan (1691-1694); 26. Farzali khan Qajar (1694-1700); 27. Zohrab khan (1700-1705); 28. Abdul Muhammad Khan (1705-1709); 29. Mehrali Khan (1709-1719); 30. Allahgulu Khan (1719-1725); 31. Rajab Pasha (1725-1728); 32. Ibrahim Pasha and Mustafa Pasha (1728-1734); 33. Ali Pasha Defterdar (1734); 34. Muhammadgulu khan (1735-1736); 35. Haji Huseyn Pasha (1735) 36. Pirmehmet Khan (1736); 37. Khalil Khan Uzbek (1752-1755); 38. Hasanali khan Qajar (1755-1762); 39. Huseynali khan Qajar (1762-1783); 40. Gulamali khan Qajar (1783-1784); 41. Muhammad khan Qajar (1784-1805); 42. Mehtigulu khan Qajar (1805-1806); 43. Ahmed khan Maragaly (1806-1807); 44. Huseyn khan Qajar (1807-1827).
@vondorylaeum4784
2 жыл бұрын
The phrase ''Armenia and Azerbaijan went to war'' is inaccurate. Karabagh is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan. Even Armenia itself doesn't recognize the so called ''Republic of Artsakh''. What really happened is Azerbaijan made an operation it it's own lands to clear a hostile occupation.
@sjaghiarian
2 жыл бұрын
It was an intentional border issue created by Stalin after ww1. Armenians voted to legally leave Azerbaijan after USSR collapsed. This is a legal right given by the UN but was not granted.
@DreamWalkerVl
2 жыл бұрын
@@sjaghiarian What? This situation existed even during the civil war in the Russian Empire/Republic, when it collapsed.
@sjaghiarian
2 жыл бұрын
@@DreamWalkerVl I know Azerbaijan illegally did not allow the NK to leave per UN laws, that is why war happened in 90s
@vondorylaeum4784
2 жыл бұрын
@HayelladaBall38 not true. Even Armenia itself officially recognises Karabagh as part of Azerbaijan on their maps
@lifeofsomeguy8093
2 жыл бұрын
This on location report was awesome James keep up the good work
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. It was something very different. But I would love to do more of them when I can.
@Orthodoxsawit1
2 жыл бұрын
Disappointed on Turkey , they have been engaging with Genocidal regimes. Shame on them and one day hope they pay the price from the above for their wrong doing. On the other the Arminian are strong they have overcome the ordeal 🙏🏽
@Flowshakers
2 жыл бұрын
The European Court of Human Rights has clearly confirmed the controversial nature of the events of 1915. Moreover, in 2005 Turkey proposed to Armenian side to establish a Joint History Commission in order to reach a just memory in the light of historical facts of that period. Although Armenia has never responded to this proposal, it is still on the table. So all those armenians and their so beloved diaspora (btw go live in yerevan if you love your land so much instead of Los Angeles you know) have kept pushing that genocide lie for 100 years. It is the biggest lie in history in order to prevent Turkey's success. Today there is still armenian community living in Turkey but no Turks in the other country, see who is hostile & biased in real? Armenians inland should give up on genocide horseshit and accept the reality, they just play victim and poor because their diaspora wants that so
@Orthodoxsawit1
2 жыл бұрын
@@Flowshakers As Turkish you will disagree…with statements involving your country… Thank you for your comment. Sadly, Turkey is now involved in the #TigrayGenocide with Ethiopian regime. Turkey is not only supporting the Genocidal regime but full involved in supplying weapons to the Ethiopian Gov . In fact they are operating drones attacks over #Tigray many innocent have died from Turkish drones as early yesterday 😭😭…
@Flowshakers
2 жыл бұрын
@@Orthodoxsawit1 Europe awarded aby ahmed with peace prize and he is responsible for tigray thing due to not recognizing their election. Before it comes to our drones, please just check what is european agenda to gain from africa, turkey is not colonizing any country
@Orthodoxsawit1
2 жыл бұрын
@@Flowshakers European is agenda another argument However, I am very disappointed that Turkey is involved with drones. Tigrayans are dying not only from man made famine but also from drone attacks… the support of Turkish drones has worsening the suffering of Tigray people.
@Hnw761
2 жыл бұрын
@@Flowshakers this comment is why Turks are hated all over the world except for equally wretched places like Pakistan and Israel. I mean really is there a more hated people from the Americas to East Asia more hated than the Turks?
@mohammadkhader1997
2 жыл бұрын
Courageous and confident reporting, I have to hit the subscribe button for you.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Mohammad. I am so glad you found in interesting. And a very warm welcome to the channel. I don't do these videos very often (this was actually my first), but I hope you will like my usual ones as well.
@mohammadkhader1997
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay I watched quite several, and I can say they are rightly informed👍🙏
@sallysvision3545
2 жыл бұрын
for people who call Azerbaijan an agressor. Listen, first of all, Armenia started this war and as i know commited lots of war crimes against civilians. after that the literally set up a terrorist attack on Baku subway. during a 4 year war in 90-s Armenia occupied Karabakh + 7 regions of Azerbaijan. and after all Azerbaijan spent 25+ years in order to handle this conflict by Peace and negotiations. can you believe that? after all the shit they have done, those guys were holding their anger in order to solve the conflict without blood. so you cant call Azerbaijan and azeris Agressive. cause if they were they would smite armenians in a year or two. but not 25+ years. as i think, they just understood that its useless to talk to people who are violating the cease fire every single day, not giving a fuck about UN Resolutions and after all this shit they dont even recognize "Artsakh" as an independent Republic. can you believe this? they fought a god deamn war, killed so many people and lost shitload of their own people and still not recognized the land they fought for. Azerbaijan just unerstood that is useless to talk to this kind of Goverment and Country so they forced them to leave occupied territories. Azerbaijan is celarly a peace side in this conflict. of course it would be much better if they could solve it without blood and iron but it is what it is. Armenia knew it is going to happen sooner or later. and they didnt even prepare for it. and about Turkeys support. first: Turkey and Azerbaijan are Militant allies so its totally normal that they support each other. second: Turkey sold weapons to Azerbaijan. SOLD. as well as Israel and Russia. while Turkey sold only Drones and equipment, and Israel sold Drones and rifles, Russia sold: Tanks, Aircrafts, Helicopters, battle Equipment, RIfles, Pistols, AA defence systems, Trucks, armored vehicles, melee weapons and so on. why no one blames Russia? why everyone blames Turkey and Israel? third: In 90s when the first war began, Russia was literally fighting on armenian side. it was Pskov(town in Russia) Desant. Pskovskiy Desant - Pskov Airborne Regiment. and they mostly took part in battles against Azerbaijans "Regular" army and guerilla while Armenia were only a supportive part. and after all of this shit you cant just blame Turkey and unsee this facts -_- be objective for fuck sake -_-
@killerpotato5445
2 жыл бұрын
Great video and concept. Hope you visit more locationss it will be great
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I certainly love to do more like this from time to time.
@ruufbailey4526
2 жыл бұрын
Jamie, the international community considers Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom, Catalonia part of Spain, Corsica part of France and Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan. All things being equal Azerbaijan made justice prevail! A country patiently waited for years, engaged in endless frustrating negotiations with the other side’s false promises for the sake of justice and peace. Awaited all these years despite the clear condemnation of unlawful occupation reflected in historical 4 UN resolutions. Azerbaijan didn’t occupy anybody’s territory, Azerbaijan LIBERATED lands that were never part of NK….lands where over 750,000 people became refugees as a result of the occupation and ethnic cleansing…no matter how you look at it - it is a country that deserves to live in a peaceful region for once. Before 2018 a hope came from Kazan treaty and Russian Foreign Minister along with US and France mediated the peace resolution for a staged withdrawal of Armenian Occupying Forces….5+2, cultural autonomy etc. Armenia meddled for a while, then declared finally to the world - not an inch of land will be returned to Azerbaijan and they would fight Azerbaijan for new territories….to reach the capital Baku. I’m not supportive of any regimes and I don’t live in Azerbaijan but these are naked facts….
@gencoglu
2 жыл бұрын
Very well outlined. When I said this guy is bias he is offended. He also fails to mention Khojaly massacre. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khojaly_massacre
@serhaneroglu5402
Жыл бұрын
As a Turk of Turkey, I support the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. Justice is the right of Azerbaijani Turks.
@swagatkumarGuru
2 жыл бұрын
As a Indian🇮🇳, I support Armenian people and their righteous struggle.. 🇮🇳❤️🇦🇲🇮🇳❤️🇦🇲🇮🇳❤️🇦🇲🇮🇳❤️🇦🇲
@momoamg1011
2 жыл бұрын
🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷😎😎😎
@kelsisco
2 жыл бұрын
This method for your videos realy gives it the feel of being higher quality of production. I loved it!
@levendful
2 жыл бұрын
After 30 years of negotiating can we say there was a possibility of a negotiated deal? There comes a point when talking is recognized as being fruitless and things change, the Minsk group failed and so the barrel of a gun took over.
@zil1832
2 жыл бұрын
Hope Armenia recovers from this unfortunate ordeal. Support from India.
@lusinenersisyan7185
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. :)
@anarakberov7173
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the information. It is really worthy, I learned many things through your channel. At least it is a good point for me to compare nagorno- karabakh conflict with others. I am wondering what do you think new attempts for peace? Do you think that opening borders, establishing business relations will approach karabakh- Armenians to Azerbaijan. As an Azerbaijani I know how it is difficult to live together or make peace, but it is not impossible. Also I want to ask a question to Armenians. Why they don't want live in Azerbaijan? During the soviet period schools, universities, government almost everything was armenian and no-one pressured armenians.
@lernik4
2 жыл бұрын
Dear Anar, when one sees criminals like Ramil Safarov treated as heroes in Azerbaijan the destiny of Armenians living in Azerbaijan becomes obvious. Does this answer your question?
@anarakberov7173
2 жыл бұрын
@@lernik4 thank you for your response. The problem is we lost our objectivity when we accuse each other without seeing our own mistakes. Of course, both side have rights to ask and query but neither Armenians or Azeris can say that we were innocent. We lived together during the soviet period peacefully and friendly where the main motto was "all people are equal" but when soviet collapsed war crimes, ethnic cleansing, pogroms, hate speech, racism begun. This was the worst thing in modern world because everything was controversial with ideology of Soviets. Imagine a country that won the war against fascists and was collapsed inside by fascists such a nice paradox.....Talking about Ramil Safarov, Baku, sumgayit pogroms in Azerbaijan or Khojaly masscare in Armenia is same and impossible we can only discuss it online platforms that is why we cannot solve this issue.And also it is really difficult to accept for people those who suffered during the war. So the interaction between the nations and economic improvement might help our society to pass these days.Because it the only way to get rid of our traumas.
@lernik4
2 жыл бұрын
@@anarakberov7173 When speaking about the criminal case of Safarov I wasn't speaking about Safarov himself. It has little to do with other events you mentioned. Safarov is obviously a murderer. He beheaded a sleeping person with an ax.. in a peaceful environment. And was sentenced to life imprisonment for that. But when I mentioned his case I was referring to Mr. Aliev's actions. When Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan Aliev greeted the murderer as a hero, gave him a title, released him from prison and paid him a bunch of money 💰 And all of that was done PUBLICLY. Basically Aliev sent all of the Azerbaijanis a message that any Armenian can be killed and that is called "heroism" in Azerbaijan. Now when Aliev says Armenians can live securely in Azerbaijan why would anyone believe? Mind you it was in a peaceful environment in 2012, i.e. long after the first war and long before the next war
@lernik4
2 жыл бұрын
Dear Anar I don't want to say that all Azerbaijanis will kill Armenians. I know many great Azerbaijanis and have friends among them. And I actually understand that you and me can live peacefully together. What I'm saying is that unless Azerbaijani criminals get the deserved punishment on the territory of Azerbaijan, Armenians cannot believe in a safe life on the Azerbaijani territory
@anarakberov7173
2 жыл бұрын
@@lernik4 Aliyev is a politician and he obviously knows that gaining the sympathy of nation is more important than outside respect. What if same thing happened in Armenia? Do you think that Armenian government would treat his soldier like a murderer or like a hero? Instead of asking something impossible to change in our society we should think what we can do or change. You know it is like a ladder and you have to go step by step not to jump. I can also ask you hard questions about the behaviour of Armenians. Like will Armenian government judge his people who did khojaly masscare? I watched the video of former president Serj Sarkisian, he talked how they prepared just like a simple event. Also, once Pashinyan denied khojaly masscare too. So as you see same thing happened and happens in Armenia. During the second Karabakh war Armenian army shelled Ganja and Barda which was the outside of war zone even they tried to bomb Minghacevir reservoir(if it collapsed I cannot imagine what would gonna happen). Such events didn't affect to lose believe of people on the contrary its increased hate and revenge seeking. I should recommend my Armenian neighbours think outside of the box don't follow the way of politicians. The war took everything from us, sometimes we lost our humanity. I know how people feel and I am so sorry for all of this tragedy that both side experienced.
@GenuineCharisma
2 жыл бұрын
what an informative piece.... greetings from kenya
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I am really glad you found it interesting. Very best regards from London!
@Medic_V
2 жыл бұрын
Strong reporting. Just a little correction for the sake of not missing the details. Most of surrounding territories were handed to Azerbaijan by the ceasefire agreement. Azerbaijan was able to capture the southern territories.
@skylawusa
2 жыл бұрын
Little correction: Armenia was forced to hand over the remaining surrounding territories. The war would've ended much worse for Armenia if they refused to hand over the rest...
@Medic_V
2 жыл бұрын
@@skylawusa It would have ended much worse for Azerbaijan too according to Aliyev.
@veyselturan6916
2 жыл бұрын
😀 🤦♂️ ooh loosers as usual looking for excuses. Shusha was taken, Khankendi (Stepanakert) was about to fall within hours. As Putin said they saved Armenians from total collapse. The rest is just bla bla..
@Medic_V
2 жыл бұрын
@@veyselturan6916 Putin never said such a thing lol. Show me the official report. Also I'm just saying what Aliyev said. In an interview he said that if war continued, Azerbaijan would have suffered great loses in Karvajar and that's one of the reasons why he stopped.
@salamikroket8543
2 жыл бұрын
@@Medic_V 😳
@serendipity1999
Жыл бұрын
I just heard street singers on video, their songs were almost like ours. I don’t know, maybe because we Azerbaijanis have lived with them for centuries, but our cuisine, music, wedding traditions, songs at weddings are almost the same. Just a different language and a different religion. What I have seen from social media, even the mentality of people is close. There are many differences between us and Georgians or other North Caucasian peoples. Despite the fact that our religion and language are close to the Turks, we are culturally different from them too. But, despite this similarities, we have not been able to get along for more than a century.
@YouAreMySunshine1
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, James. Another great thought provoking video. It is sad that in this day and age, that matters cannot be resolved without conflict. Look forward to you next installment.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I fully agree. Sadly, many opportunities for a negotiated settlement were missed.
@awetd.batista2315
2 жыл бұрын
I love this new way of making your videos.
@Crafty_Spirit
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Prof, do you have more footage of the guitar player at the end of the video? That was a fantastic piece of music. I visited Armenia a few months after the former government had to resign because of public pressure. It was a very happy time for the Yerevanian populus, I think. Interesting to see you standing in the same spots about four years later and sharing your impressions and insight 👌🏼
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Unfortunately not. But there was something about him that just stood out. As I was going through my footage, it just seemed to be the perfect ending to the video. It was really nice to hear that you had been over there and recognised so many of the places. I must say that I really loved Yerevan. I found it such an interesting city, even despite the difficulties that that country faces. It was rather different from what I had expected. But certainly well worth a visit for anyone who hasn’t been.
@Crafty_Spirit
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay Indeed it was 😁 I now remember something I wanted to share. On our tour we visited a Cognac distillery and they had a circular room on ground level in which they raised flags of different nations, and a single barrel of liquor, waiting to be opened for a special day. What day, I asked (dramatising a little), and the treasurer replied: for when we celebrate a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Their good faith delighted me. Later I experienced a romance with an Armenian woman, I wonder how it fared for her. We texted a bit on this, but she is not the one to reveal much of her emotions. Realising Armenia's dire geopolitical position, I can understand better why many Armenians, including this highly educated and intellectual woman, tend to have a one-sided view of their territorial fights with Azerbaijan and struggle to come to terms with Russia's limited loyalty.
@szalonynaukowiec6804
2 жыл бұрын
It seems to me that the guy plays the old Soviet tune 'А нам все равно' in a jazzy fashion.
@EzraMerr
2 жыл бұрын
Interested journalism on this topic , thanks for the video
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I am glad you found it interesting.
@அவானிஉயர்ந்தது
2 жыл бұрын
The misery is inevitable when you’ve been told you’re a victim your whole life
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Made all the more difficult when both sides have spent their lives being told that they are victims (as in their own separate and very different ways one could perhaps argue they were).
@VerGuut222
2 жыл бұрын
Armenians do live in the historical reality as victims of genocide, but rest assured they are as happy and confident as any people on Earth.
@williamdavis9562
2 жыл бұрын
@@VerGuut222 Being the victims of genocide over 100 years ago doesn't give you the right to invade and ethnically cleanse someone else. That would be like me beating my neighbor to death because some other guy killed my great great grandfather. You do see the insanity in this line of thinking no?
@VerGuut222
2 жыл бұрын
@@williamdavis9562 Extremist and violent Pan-Turkic elements have played a part in Armenian-Azeri conflicts leading up to the First Karabakh war. That is why Armenians were so aggressive in the first place, because the sanctity of life and cultural heritage of the population could not have otherwise been assured. That is the "false victim" backdrop under which Armenians have been forced to take up arms so many times in the last 150 years from the Hamidian massacres to the Karabakh conflict.
@dorukcider4117
2 жыл бұрын
@@VerGuut222 bla bla. I guess we could say the same about 1915
@humbelman5557
2 жыл бұрын
Fair,insightful,I learnt a lot.What struck me most,taking no side but available facts.good work and thanks
@ST-tq3lm
2 жыл бұрын
Да будет мир между нашими странами. Давайте вместе сделаем Кавказ раем, война не радует мир Давай жить в мире Привет из Азербайджана в Армению ... 🕊❤🇦🇿🇦🇲❤🕊
@DCFunBud
2 жыл бұрын
I am still unclear as to what Armenia actually lost in the conflict. What were the territorial concessions? "Huge swathes?" A before and after map would be helpful.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
I have covered it in other videos. I put links to them in the video and in my playlist.
@DCFunBud
2 жыл бұрын
@@JamesKerLindsay That is very kind of your. Your videos are wonderful. Thank you.
@tofiqkazimoglu2075
2 жыл бұрын
К твоему сожалению Джеймс,война проиграна армянами навсегда.И никакие уже силы им не поможет....Им остаётся только уезжат с Кавказа и оставит нас в покое.Иначе сами захлебнутся в своей крови
@командосс
2 жыл бұрын
Кто проиграл войну? Карабах как был армянским так и остался армянский! Чей флаг над столицей Карабаха Степанакертом? Армянский флаг! Так что это вам пора домой на родину! Алтай ждёт вас кочевники!
@otterlover3399
2 жыл бұрын
What the fuck?
@vatsaakhil
2 жыл бұрын
Wow this is very cool, you sir sure are doing great work!!
@razakza
2 жыл бұрын
*Armenians:* "It wasn't a fair fight... Azerbaijan had outside help, and that's just not right. Russia and the EU also didn't do anything to help us. Only *WE* can get outside help, and when we get outside help, it's always a fair fight "
@rasimmammadli443
2 жыл бұрын
Did u forget who helped in first Karabakh war to Armenia?
@razakza
2 жыл бұрын
@@rasimmammadli443 EXACTLY
@hrachzakaryan5674
2 жыл бұрын
@@rasimmammadli443 Who did? Russia? Tell me howmany Russian soldiers died during the war. Can you name some Russian commanders who died during the war too so i can google them? No you can’t. Lol
@rasimmammadli443
2 жыл бұрын
@@hrachzakaryan5674 what about u ,tell Turkish solider who died in this war then ? I don’t know how many Russian died i know one fact there is monument Armenians built in Karabakh written “ thanks our Russian brothers fought for independence of artsax “ 366 мото стрелковый полк , were there .. do u wanna translation?
@hrachzakaryan5674
2 жыл бұрын
@@rasimmammadli443 So the 366 rifle division won the war? Tell me how many soldiers were in that division? What about Operation Ring where Soviet troops helped Azeris ethnically cleanse Armenians, forgot about that? Russia gave Armenia free weapons and even then, azerbaijan still had 3x more soldiers, 10x more tanks and 5x air superiority. They still lost.
@todorlakic3649
2 жыл бұрын
Field reports are great upgrade for the channel!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Todor! I am so glad you liked it. I am not sure how often I will be able to do them, but I would certainly like to do more occasionally.
@shelemm2605
2 жыл бұрын
The feelings in Armenia are not 'just' a question of the Kerabagh region. The Azeri continue to advance in a soft war with at least the short-term goal of getting Armenia to cede a southern corridor linking Turkey with Azerbaijan, potentially cutting off the border with Iran. The Armenians actually have even more to worry about than the feelings of the war, which I don't mean to minimize. They have faced existential crises before, and they may very well be facing another. You certainly hit the mark about the relationship with Russia. They are the only power they can turn to, even if they know they are 'bad guys.' Some political parties are more pro-Russian than others, but they must all face the fact that Russia is their only hope for now, their most significant trading partner, and with many deep cultural ties to boot.
@cemyurdakul1128
2 жыл бұрын
why do you think a road can able to cutting of a border ?
@SpeakHearSeeNoEvil
2 жыл бұрын
Great work. Very informative.
@emmakarapetyan6601
2 жыл бұрын
We will be happy to see you in Armenia again and thanks for this video! 🇦🇲
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Emma. It was a really wonderful experience to be over there and meet so many great people. It is such an amazing country, but obviously facing difficult times. I hope I gave an honest and fair sense of the situation. Keep well!
@eldanizeldaniz6495
2 жыл бұрын
🙃🙃🙃
@kw2142
2 жыл бұрын
really like this different type of video! keep it up, it brings the video to life!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. I am really glad you liked it. I really enjoyed making it. I would certainly like to do more when I can.
@malithaw
2 жыл бұрын
I really hope you will keep doing these locations videos in the future. They are amazing as they give a sense of connection between the place and the very place that's being discussed in the video.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I loved doing this video. It was certainly something different. Not sure how often I’ll be able to do them though. But it would be nice to do more.
@mohdsuffian1691
2 жыл бұрын
James's method of presentation rminds me f my uni masters dgree days. Intrsting, to th point n honest. Well done prof!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Thank you so much! :-)
@arammartirosyan9078
2 жыл бұрын
The music from 11:40 onward is from "The Hares' Song" in the 1969 Soviet crime comedy "The Diamond Arm". The lyrics feel strangely relevant for Armenians because they describe people who keep on working and persevering even though they are filled with fear and surrounded by woe.
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I had wondered what it was. This is precisely why I love the internet! :-)
@eldanizeldaniz6495
2 жыл бұрын
😌😌😌
@Habshoosh
Жыл бұрын
Armenia is an artificial state formed by the Soviet Union, as a buffer zone between Turkey & Azerbaijan. In 1886, 80% of Yerevan inhabitants were Muslim Azerbaijanis. What so called nowadays "Armenia" has always been a Muslim territories for about 14 centuries.
@alievaeva
2 жыл бұрын
Karabakh always is Azerbaijan 🇦🇿❤️
@ThePussukka
2 жыл бұрын
I really liked this format!
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I don't know how often I will be able to do them, but I do hope to make more like this from time to time.
@anirudhparthasarathy3387
2 жыл бұрын
Loved the field reporting, hope you had a nice trip in Armenia. As you said, the city seems normal and vibrant and yes, very good camera work from you / your team. Coming to the video, what is a 'fair fight' in a war? Don't all sides use external factors to their support? And it was also interesting to note that the panel describing the Third Armenian Republic still includes the territory taken by Azerbaijan (a sign of the state of denial that you described?) While Yerevan seems normal, how is it in zones where the conflict actually took place? Have a good weekend.
@Pavlos_Charalambous
2 жыл бұрын
You know .. duking it out , mano o mano ect , without "outsiders" to intervene . Also Greek Cypriots have the same view for operation Attila Off course is unrealistic but that's how people often feel
@JamesKerLindsay
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Anirudh. I am so glad you liked the video from Yerevan. I'm really glad I had the opportunity to do something like this. And Armenian is such an interesting country. Unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to get beyond the city on this occasion. But I had a week in Yerevan to look around and get a sense for the place. It is really lovely and highly recommended as a place to visit. You are absolutely right about outside support. As I noted, countries will use whatever means they have at their disposal to win in war. But it is interesting that this is framed as an unfair fight. I'm also glad you picked up on the point about Artsakh being included in maps. Even the tourist map given out at the airport still includes it. It will be interesting to see how this changes in the years ahead. Have a great weekend too!
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