This book focuses on Post-Soviet ethnic conflicts and Russia's involvement in them. In light of its significant importance for general ethnic conflict, specifically the post-Soviet Caucasus, along with the most recent war just fought over the area from September-November 2020, this book appropriately argues that it is time to reconsider Karabakh.
This project deals with the historical, social and political aspects of the Karabakh issue regarding its origins, development and the current status of the conflict subsequent to the war in the autumn of 2020. Thus, the main themes will stress these points, as well as the importance of the Karabakh issue for the future, by considering its precedents and implications for other secessionist wars. This book also explores how such wars begin and end, the international legal precedents of self-determination versus territorial integrity, its implications for post-Soviet developments and conflicts, and the latest successful weapons developments lessons from the recent war involving drones, among others such as Azerbaijan’s rich oil reserves.
Author(s): M. Hakan Yavuz, Michael M. Gunter
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 227
City: Cham
Contents
1 Introduction
Notes
2 The Historical Background to the Continuing Conflict Over Nagorno-Karabakh
Introduction
Origins of the Conflict
Russian Rule
Soviet Rule
Further Analysis of Soviet Rule
Conclusion
Notes
3 The Causes of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
The Sociopolitical Causes of the Karabakh Conflict
“Azerbaijanis as Turks”: The Karabakh Conflict as Continuing the 1915 “Genocide”
Suffering and Identity
Tracing the Events of the Conflict
The First Stage (1987–1991)
The Sumgait Riots
The Second Stage (1991–1994)
Khojaly as the Nanjing of Azerbaijan
Truce Agreement and the Composition of the Official Claims (1994–1995)
Conclusion
Notes
4 The Consequences of the First War on Armenia and Azerbaijan
Armenia
The Rise of the Karabakh Clan
The Tension Between the Hayastanti and the Karabakhsis
Perpetual War Economy, Regional Exclusion, and Migration
Changes in Armenian National Identity and the Genocide Rhetoric
The Impact on Foreign Policy: Russia as Chief Patron
Azerbaijan
The Consequences of the War on Azerbaijan
Securitization
Victimhood
A New Sense of Nationalism
The Azerbaijani View of Russia
Azerbaijanism as Identity
State-Building and the Military
Single-Issue Foreign Policy: Liberation of Karabakh
Conclusion
Notes
5 Failed Negotiations
Iran
United Nations
Minsk Group/Process
Renewed Conflict
Conclusion
Notes
6 Self-Determination or Territorial Integrity? International Legal/Political Doctrines in Opposition & Their Implications for Karabakh
Introduction
Additional Reasoning
Future Possibilities
Conclusion
Notes
7 The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Causes and Consequences
Causes of the Second Karabakh War
Aliyev versus Pashinyan
Turkey’s Role and Erdoğan’s Determination
Russia’s Enduring Yet Declining Influence
Armenia’s “Clash of Civilizations”?
The Ceasefire: The Transformation of the Conflict
SocioPolitical Implications of the Second War
The Impact on Azerbaijani State and Society
The Impact on Armenian State and Society
Debate Over the Final Status of Karabakh: Independence, Autonomy or Minority Rights
Conclusion
Notes
8 Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
