President George H. W. Bush had declared “a new world order”.
Yet, at the very moment of its rebirth as an independent state, as Azerbaijan found itself subject to invasion, mass displacement, and genocide, Washington and other major Western capitals turned their backs on international law and were politically co-opted through a dubiously funded lobbying operation.
‘My country would have the distinction of being the only country in the world not eligible for even direct humanitarian assistance…’ wrote Baku’s Ambassador to the United States.
