Geopolitical competition between Russia and the US and EU on the periphery of the former USSR has complicated efforts to resolve lingering conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Transnistria. Regional and great power rivalries often obscure the distinctive local factors in each of these conflicts, which are ultimately crucial to their resolution. In addition, changes in loc...

This article examines several major political and cultural issues with which the citizens of Azerbaijan are currently grappling. It considers the role of the Nogorno-Karabakh conflict and its aftermath, irredentist claims made by some on Azerbaijani portions of Iran, the place of women in society, and the role of oil. Present in all these topics, however, is the common theme of how Turkish, Rus...

The Nagorno-Karabakh war is an ethnic, religious, and territorial conflict between Armenia Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Artsakh, Armenian enclave situated within Azerbaijan. modern began in 1988 when Armenians demanded that Artsakh be transferred from Soviet to Armenia. dispute escalated into a full-scale early 1990s. A ceasefire signed 1994 provided for two decades relative stability...

Abstract Russia has begun to promote itself internationally as a mediator of conflict and ‘peacemaker’. Russian officials cite its extensive experience in managing numerous post-Soviet conflicts more recent intervention civil wars Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic (CAR) Nagorno-Karabakh. considers all these activities forms ‘peacemaking’, but approach differs radically from model liber...

Bu çalışma, Dağlık Karabağ sorunu özelinde, bir çatışma çözüm stratejisi olarak uluslararası arabuluculuk ve söz konusu stratejinin etkinliği üzerine analitik tartışma ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır. anılan bölge Ermenistan-Azerbaycan çatışması, Soğuk Savaş sonrası dönemin en ciddi kanlı sorunlarından biri olmuştur. Sorunun devam etmesi, bölgesel güvenliği etkilediği kadar, mevcut veya yapılması...

Both in the Balkans and in the Caucasus, the dominant international response to de facto states, or quasi-states, has been one of isolation; they violate the principle of territorial integrity, they are often based on warfare, and the legitimacy of their frequently ethnically-based claims to independence is rejected. This article finds that pragmatism has occasionally led to some form of reluct...

Karabakh region, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, is a disputed territory located in the South Caucasus region. The region has been subject of long-standing conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which resulted war early 1990s. was finally resolved November 2020, with signing ceasefire agreement two countries. economic development major challenge, given ongoing lack recognition by internationa...