Criticism From Armenia
In January 2009 Thomas de Waal published an analytical report titled "The Karabakh Trap: Threats and Dilemmas of the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict". One of the main conclusions of the report was that "there is no ‘military solution’ to the conflict - fighting would be catastrophic not just for Armenia, Azerbaijan and NK but for the wider region and its overall economic and political development".
In February 2009 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic issued a statement criticizing de Waal's "The Karabakh Trap" report. According to the Ministry, "de Waal had chosen 'scare tactics' as a means of persuading the Armenian party to the conflict" and "Thomas de Waal ... under the cover of an expert-peacemaker practically calls Azerbaijan to unleash a new big war in the South Caucasus. Meanwhile, it seems to him that he and his like will not be responsible for anything. But he is mistaken…"
The President of the Armenian Academy of Political Research, Professor Alexander Manasyan, in reviewing Black Garden, wrote that de Waal "supports the point of view which is steered by the propaganda" of Baku.
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