The Failure of The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Resolution

The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict began in 1988 after the regional Supreme ‎Council declared transfer of region from Azerbaijani SSR to the‎ Armenian SSR. full-scale war started 1992 dissolution USSR and ended with May 1994 armistice. In following quarter century,‎ a peaceful resolution was mediated by OSCE’s Minsk Group ‎a form facilitative mediation. warring sides have never reached final ‎solution new autumn 2020. This paper examines how ‎facilitative mediation conducted why it eventually ‎failed. conclusion this is that combination weak mandate‎ co-chairs’ separate incongruous interests Caucasus resulted ‎the failure Nagorno-Karabakh.‎