This year has seen an acceleration of Germany’s engagement with Armenia and Azerbaijan against the backdrop of renewed tensions between the two neighbouring countries following a fragile ceasefire brokered in late 2020. In March, Berlin hosted the visits of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. In June, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, for the first time—together with French President Emmanuel Macron—participated in the peace negotiations facilitated by European Union Council President Charles Michel, on the margins of the European Political Community (EPC) summit in Chisinău. President Michel expressed his intention to invite the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, France, and Germany to meet a second time in the margins of the next EPC summit in Granada in October. The ongoing crisis around the Lachin Corridor – which connects the Armenian populated areas of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia – has stirred fear in European capitals of a new wave of displacement and war in the South Caucasus. As Azerbaijan and Armenia walk a thin line between war and stability: what weight can Germany add as a more active participant in the diplomatic process led by the EU? With its economic and political capital with both Armenia and Azerbaijan, how can Berlin play a greater role in supporting the journey of building a lasting peace? This roundtable, co-organized by the Candid Foundation, APRI Armenia and Restart Initiative will provide some answers to the role—expected or prepared for—that Germany can play in durably resolving the conflict between the neighbouring Caucasian countries. The event will be in English.