BOOK RELEASE update: My book with @LiamSCollins "The War for Karabakh: Strategy, Technology, and Victory" is now available for pre-order: "The 2020 Karabakh War was one of the most consequential armed conflicts of the twenty-first century. It ended nearly three decades of military stalemate, transformed the geopolitical landscape of the South Caucasus, and sparked worldwide debate over the future of warfare. Many observers concluded that the conflict heralded a new era in which drones and precision-strike systems had fundamentally changed the character of war. The War for Karabakh challenges that conventional wisdom. Drawing on extensive battlefield reconnaissance, official military records, operational maps, open-source intelligence, social media analysis, and interviews with more than one hundred military commanders, government officials, and combat veterans from both Azerbaijan and Armenia, Liam Collins and John Spencer present the most comprehensive operational history of the conflict published to date. Spanning the First Karabakh War, Azerbaijans twenty-six-year military transformation, the 2020 campaign, and the decisive 2023 operation that restored Azerbaijani control over the region, this book offers the first complete analysis of the conflicts strategic evolution and military outcome. Throughout the volume, the authors use the term Karabakh rather than Nagorno-Karabakh, consistent with the books historical interpretation."