The Nagorno Kharabakh Conflict of 2020 – A Change in the Security Architecture of the South Caucasus
Abstract
In1999aftersigningtheBishkekpeaceagreementbetweenAzerbaijanandArmenia, theactivephaseoftheNagorno-KarabakhconflicthasfinishedthathasbroughtsignificantstabilitytotheSouthCaucasusregion.Bothsidesoftheconflicthavechosendifferentpathwaysofbuildingthesecurityarchitecture. ArmeniahasjoinedtheCollectiveSecurityTreatyOrganizationwhereRussiaisthemainguarantorofthesafety. Atthesametimeon20thofaugust2010,ExtendedDefensePactwassignedbetweenArmeniaandRussiathatimpliesadditionalsecurityguarantiesforArmeniainexchangeofanincreasedRussianmilitarypresenceonArmeniansoil.WhatconcernstoAzerbaijan, in1999itlefttheCollectiveSecurityTreatyOrganizationalongsidewithGeorgia. On21thofDecember2010, TheParliamentofAzerbaijanratifiedtheAgreementonStrategicPartnershipandMutualSupportsignedbetweentheAzerbaijanandtheTurkey - thathastakentheirmilitarycooperationtothenextlevel.Itisundoubtablefactthatfrom1994until2020, situationbetweenAzerbaijanandArmeniahasdeterioratedmanytimesovertheNagorno-Karabakhconflict, butthesecuritymechanismsoftheAzerbaijanandArmeniahaveneverallowedthefull-scalemilitaryescalation.Thebestpatternfortheaforementionedjudgementisthe2016FourDayWar - thatwasneverescalatedintothefull-scaleconflictregardlessitsunprecedentedsizeandthenature.Thearticleisdedicatedtorepresentthat2020Nagorno-KarabakhconflicthasdramaticallychangedthesecurityarchitectureoftheSouthCaucasusRegion.References
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Published
2021-02-22
How to Cite
LEZHAVA, Rostom.
The Nagorno Kharabakh Conflict of 2020 – A Change in the Security Architecture of the South Caucasus.
Politics / პოლიტიკა, [S.l.], feb. 2021.
ISSN 2449-2833.
Available at: <https://test.psage.tsu.ge/index.php/Politics/article/view/238>. Date accessed: 13 nov. 2024.
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Section
სტატიები
Keywords
Security Architecture, Status Quo, Nagorno-Karabakh
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