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THE ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT: PROBLEMS OF WAR AND PEACE
Liatifa MAMEDOVA
Gusein GUSEINOV
Liatifa Mamedova, Ph.D. (Hist.), professor at the Academy of State Management under the President of Azerbaijan (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Gusein Guseinov, Post-graduate student at the Academy of State Management under the President of Azerbaijan (Baku, Azerbaijan)
The Caucasus is currently at the center of attention of various geopolitical forces and a region where the interests of the world’s largest and most influential states intersect. These interests can only be guaranteed if security and peace are achieved in the region. However, several problems, one of which is the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, are hindering this process, and military tension is slackening at a much slower rate than the vital interests of the Caucasian people and countries of the world community would like.
The current stage of development in human civilization is marked by the most profound changes in the planet’s sociopolitical composition. It stands to reason that the international community is transforming and a qualitatively different climate of interstate relations is taking shape. In this respect, the settlement of territorial, interstate, ethnic, and other conflicts in both the post-Soviet space and throughout the world is becoming increasingly urgent. The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict that flared up over the Nagorny Karabakh problem is very much in the center of these processes. We have already moved away from an emotional perception of this conflict and are now ready to assess it based on the available facts and documents.
In terms of its political, economic, environmental, demographic, and humanitarian consequences, this conflict is one of the largest-scale and most virulent in the CIS. In addition to its virulence and scale, it also has several specific features. Its new phase began during perestroika. At that time, the bugbear of “the Islamic threat” was created to counterbalance the so-called “communist principles.” These political allegations had dangerous consequences. The Azerbaijan leadership at that time had not learned from the lessons of the past, or from the experience of Russia’s consistent and methodical advance into the region, which used the Armenian factor as a lever that eventually led to war. This phenomenon, based on the Turkophobia in the consciousness, way of thinking, and actions of the Soviet leaders, began to manifest itself with………………..
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