Negotiating Armenian-Azerbaijani peace : opportunities, obstacles, prospects
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Negotiating Armenian-Azerbaijani peace : opportunities, obstacles, prospects
(Post-Soviet politics / series editor, Neil Robinson)
Routledge, 2016, c2014
- : hbk
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"First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. [255]-275
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Conflict resolution, conflict management and conflict transformations are major themes in this unique book which examines, explores and analyses the mediation attempts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Ohannes Geukjian shows the most striking characteristic of a protracted internal conflict such as this is its asymmetry and explains that, without meeting basic human needs like identity, recognition, security and participation, resolving any protracted social conflict is very difficult. The Armenian Azerbaijani case demonstrates how official diplomacy may not be able to solve protracted internal conflicts as, without addressing the real causes of the problematic relationship, attempts at peace making will always be sporadic and the space for mutual understanding and compromise shrink. Geukjian shows that conflict transformation has a particular salience in asymmetric conflicts such as this where the goal is to transform unjust relationships and where a high degree of polarisation between the disputants has taken root. Using the Nagorno-Karabakh case, this book focuses on the anatomy and causes of deadlock in negotiations and highlights the many difficulties in achieving a breakthrough.
Table of Contents
- 1: Introduction, Approaches, Methodology and Structure
- 2: Conceptual Framework
- 3: Peacemaking or Managing Ethnic Conflict? (1991-93)
- 4: Renewed Dynamics of International Efforts to Make Peace (1994-97)
- 5: Potential Options for Peace (1998-2000)
- 6: Bilateral Negotiations Between Armenia and Azerbaijan (2001-06)
- 7: Trying to Get a Breakthrough (2007-12)
- 8: Obstacles to Peace and Prospects for Conflict Resolution
- Conclusion
- Epilogue
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