Overview
Highlights how peace conferences can be used to further military aims rather than to end military conflict
Offers an up-to-date account of the ongoing conflict over Nagorno Karabakh
Explores possibilities and limitations of conflict resolution
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This book explores the thirty-year border conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, specifically around the former autonomous republic of Nagorno Karabakh, and shows how Russia is the only winner in this conflict: fighting on both sides, supplying arms to both sides, and acting as the arbiter between the two sides. The author looks at Armenia, Azerbaijan and the separatists from military, political, economic and diplomatic perspectives, and offers insights on how the fighting has influenced society, and vice versa. The book provides an update to the history of the war to include major fighting in 2020, and examines how Russia obtained three military bases and most economic assets in Armenia, while becoming Azerbaijan's major weapons supplier to the tune of six billion dollars. It shows how Russia has tried to sideline the internationally-supported Minsk negotiations in favor of Russia assuming the sole role of arbiter, and argues that even though Russia has submitted a number of ceasefire proposals, it does little to encourage the sides to implement them.
The book includes a discussion of international law, United Nations Resolutions, and rulings by the European Court of Human Rights.
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About the author
James J. Coyle is an international consultant on security and foreign policy. A diplomat for 24 years, he held a variety of positions, including Director of Middle East Studies at the US Army War College. He is the author of Russia's Border Wars and Frozen Conflicts (2018) and a frequent contributor to The Hill. He has taught at several universities in Southern California, and was a nonresident fellow of the Atlantic Council.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Russia's Interventions in Ethnic Conflicts
Book Subtitle: The Case of Armenia and Azerbaijan
Authors: James J. Coyle
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59573-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59572-2Published: 30 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59575-3Published: 30 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59573-9Published: 30 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 175
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Foreign Policy, International Relations, Public International Law , Political History