Echoes of Empire: Drones, Diplomacy, and the Shifting South Caucasus

The South Caucasus has emerged as a proving ground for 21st-century warfare and geopolitics. Echoes of Empire is a Global Eye Intelligence Conflict Intelligence Report that unpacks how drones, asymmetric tactics, and great-power diplomacy reshaped the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict—and permanently altered the regional balance of power.

The report traces the evolution of the conflict from frozen dispute to decisive military outcome, highlighting how Azerbaijan leveraged drone warfare, intelligence superiority, and external backing to achieve rapid battlefield dominance. It analyses Armenia’s strategic constraints, the collapse of legacy security guarantees, and the humanitarian consequences that followed the conflict’s conclusion. Beyond the battlefield, the assessment maps the geopolitical realignments now underway—Turkey’s rise as a strategic guarantor, Russia’s diminishing credibility, the European Union’s growing engagement, and Iran’s increasing security anxiety along its borders.

This report goes beyond historical narration. It serves as a case study in modern conflict—where technology, information warfare, energy geopolitics, and diplomacy converge to determine outcomes faster than traditional military power alone.

Global Eye Intelligence reports are followed by analysts, defence planners, and investors who understand that today’s regional conflicts define tomorrow’s global order. Missing this analysis means learning these lessons after they are already institutionalised.