"With extrapolation of the current situation to the future without taking into account the possibility of a miracle, the future of the South Caucasus seems sad," Azeri political scientist Zardusht Alizade stated in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. "Without the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict on the basis of a compromise our nations and states will keep on hostility," he noted. In his words, no regional or continental integration will break through the strong redoubt of national myths and corporate interests of the ruling elite. "There is no hope for "an imposed peace" either. Over the availability of conflicts the waters in the South Caucasus are troubled and economic and geopolitical fish is easily caught here," Alizade added.