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Opinion | On the importance of losing

Armenia and Azerbaijan have failed to reach a compromise solution over Nagorno-Karabakh. One’s victory over the other is illusory. The only way forward is to reflect on what has been lost and what is left to lose. Many years ago, when I studied conflict resolution, I learned about this useful typology of conflict solutions: win-win, win-lose, and compromise. Win-win is the outcome where all sides get what they want; win-lose is the solution where one side gets what it wants and the other doe