From “frozen conflict” to enduring rivalry

Reassessing the Nagorny Karabakh conflict

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11045950
AutoresLaurence Broers (0000-0002-8913-2434, SOAS University of London, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume43
Fascículo4
Páginas556-576
Data de publicação2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNationalities Papers (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00905992.2015.1042852
OpenAlexW2113238202
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências citadas42

This article draws on international relations theory to attempt a reframing of the Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict in Nagorny Karabakh as an enduring rivalry (ER): a particular kind of interstate conflict known for its longevity and stability. The article begins by identifying a number of conceptual deficits circulating around this conflict, notably the notion that it is a “frozen conflict,” before introducing the ER framework and its analytical dividends for this case. Different layers of the ER between Armenia and Azerbaijan are then explored at systemic, interstate, domestic, decision-maker, and temporal levels, with a view more toward identifying directions for future research than conclusive findings. Among the article's tentative conclusions are the primacy of endogenous over exogenous factors in explaining the durability of the rivalry between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the impacts of the passage of time on the human and physical geography of the territory under dispute, and the convergence of conflict dynamics across disparate levels

Armenian · Cognitive reframing · Convergence (economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Rivalry · Sociology · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Peacebuilding and International Security · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology