Prospects for Resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Prospects for Resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Author(s): Arkadiusz Legieć
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Geopolitics, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; Armenia; change of power; territorial and ethnic conflict; mediator in the conflict;
Summary/Abstract: As a result of the change of power in Armenia in 2018, the Armenian-Azerbaijani talks on the territorial and ethnic conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh have intensified. However, they have not yielded results because the authorities of both countries are under strong internal public pressure, limiting the possibility of compromise. Russia is using the conflict as an instrument of political influence towards both countries. Strengthening the involvement of French and U.S. diplomacy in the work of the Minsk Group and increasing its importance would limit Russia’s role as the main mediator in the conflict.

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