'UNFROZEN CONFLICTS' IN CAUCASUS. NAGORNO-KARABAKH - A CLASH OF RUSSIA'S AND THE WEST'S INTERESTS ('Rozmrozone konflikty' na Kaukazie. Górny Karabach - starcie interesów Rosji i Zachodu)

• Authors: Tyrakowska Anna
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

A conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the area of Nagorno-Karabakh seems to be 'one-way traffic' reaching no agreement. In fact, there is no chance of making a long-lasting breakthrough in the negotiations which means that the dispute will continue to destabilize South Caucasus for a long time. Despite the importance of the argument, there are no comments on it in the media or any academic publications. The issue of Nagorno-Karabakh has long since been treated instrumentally and used to accelerate feuds between the countries in Caucasus. The conflict of interests of so many players in the region of South Caucasus results in that the actual situation in the region - an originally ethnic conflict - became an element of geopolitical and economic game between Russia and the West (which, instead of hampering the escalation of the conflict, become its catalysts). The present article aims at analyzing the actual conflict in the most exhaustive way that is possible - from its origin, through the armed phase, up to the present situation in the region; with a special emphasis placed on the proposals to solve the dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh discussed from the point of view of interests of the countries directly or indirectly involved in the conflict. The article ends with an attempt to predict the future development of the situation in the region and to answer a question whether the parties will manage to break the impasse or the situation will remain stalemate.

Keywords

EN

ETHNIC CONFLICT; NAGORNO-KARABAKH; SOUTH CAUCASUS

Discipline

• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uczelni Łazarskiego
• Journal: Myśl Ekonomiczna i Prawna
• Year: 2009
• Issue: 3(26)
• Pages: 55-76
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Tyrakowska Anna

• Anna Tyrakowska, c/o Wyzsza Szkola Handlu i Prawa, ul. Swieradowska 43, 02-662 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA086411