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Lis, Magdalena (2016)

No Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh: Economic and Political Incentives for the Perpetuation of the Azerbaijani-Armenian Conflict

Master thesis | Russian and Eurasian Studies (MA)

Roots of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh reach the times of the USSR or deeper. After the collapse of the Soviet Union hopes for the conflicts resolution were high; however, after the cease-fire agreement was sign in 1994, the peace-making process seems to reach the stalemate. For over two decades the conflict remains unsettled, often being referred to as ‘frozen’. Nevertheless, this might not be the most accurate term, since the cease-fire agreement is frequently being broken by all of the conflict parties, and causes casualties (72 people killed in 2014). This thesis investigates the peace efforts for possible shortcomings that could curb the conflict settlement, and potential incentives derived from economic and political regimes of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic that could motivate this de facto state to favour the current status quo.

Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict

peacemaking process

Nagorno-Karabakh

Author

Lis, Magdalena

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Russian and Eurasian Studies

Supervisors

Bader, Max

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en