Overcoming the status quo in the unrecognised states of the South Caucasus

Andrei, Roxana

doi:10.4324/9781351134835-4

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“…This section argues that, along with the parent and patron states, the unrecognized entities themselves, in this case, Nagorno-Karabakh, have contributed to the maintenance of the status quo for as long as this served to their own goals and corresponded to their security needs of the moment. As a consequence, the breakaway regions have engaged in constant strategic adjustments of their positions vis-à-vis the democratic international peacekeepers, the wider international community, the parent states and their patron states (Andrei, 2018). To this goal, I argue that there are material, but also psychological bene its to maintaining the status quo.…”

Section: Internal Limitations To Overcoming Status Quo: Materials and mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Little agency has been granted to the secessionist entities themselves, most often portrayed as week, failed or dependent pawns at the mercy of their external patrons. Internal constraints come not to exclude, but to complement the external limitations of the main international peacekeeping actors (Andrei, 2018), explored here below.…”

Section: External Limitations To Con Lict Resolution and Implementingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Nagorno-Karabakh: Why do Peace Processes Fail ‘From the Inside’?

Andrei¹

2019

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The leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the representatives of the OSCE announced in Paris, in January 2019, the irm intention to move forward for a peace compromise on the longstanding con lict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The prospect of peace however triggered anxieties among the Armenians fearful of losing the territories gained in war, as well as among the inhabitants of Nagorno-Karabakh, while the Azerbaijanis maintain that any future peace compromise cannot start without the withdrawal of the Armenian forces from these lands. Peace became a source of anxiety and entrenched attachment to old narratives overcame, for the moment, the optimist rhetoric shift of state leaders. The article thus looks into the possible reasons for a peace process to fail 'from the inside', to be rejected by the very populations affected by an abiding con lict, bringing insides from cognitive approaches to con lict and security, namely from the ontological security body of literature to this purpose.

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Section: Internal Limitations To Overcoming Status Quo: Materials and mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: External Limitations To Con Lict Resolution and Implementingmentioning

confidence: 99%