Twenty years after the Nagorny Karabakh ceasefire

An opportunity to move towards more inclusive conflict resolution

Bibliographic Data

ID13102304
AuthorsSabine Freizer (Atlantic Council, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume1
Issue2
Pages109-122
Publication date2014-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCaucasus Survey (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2376-1199 • E-ISSN: 2376-1202
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23761199.2014.11417295
OpenAlexW2036064105
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited1

Twenty years ago this May the ceasefire that put an end to active fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces for control over Nagorny Karabakh was signed. It was supposed to be the first step in a process to end the conflict. But the expected pull back of forces, deployment of peacekeepers and return of displaced persons never occurred. Instead in recent years the line of contact between the sides has become increasingly tense as some thirty persons are killed every year. Negotiations facilitated by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) over a set of basic principles to guide a comprehensive settlement have become bogged down in details. Nevertheless a whole range of Armenian and Azerbaijani civil groups have over the years had opportunities to develop a third narrative, and think through concrete technical solutions to bridge fundamental differences. This article, bringing lessons from practice to bear for policy on this conflict, argues that the best push that could be ma

Conflict resolution · Political science · Resolution (logic · Computer Science · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Soviet and Russian History · Turkey's Politics and Society · Artificial Intelligence

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