Nagorna Karabakh Conflict
Would Armenia like to Solve the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict? What is the Armenian 100 Year Strategy?
Monday, 06 September 2010 07:56
Many countries have their own strategic plans for their problems which they deem significant. While sometimes states represent explicitly these strategies, in some cases they choose not expressing and even hiding. In this context, the strategies of Armenia with regard to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and the normalization process with Turkey is widely concerned. Are the remarks of Armenia about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and normalization process of relations between Turkey and Armenia same with Armenia’s genuine intentions and strategies? Finding an answer requires a careful analysis and specification of according strategies.
Armenia 'may agree to some kind of peace' in 2011
Monday, 06 September 2010 07:56
Sinan OGAN News.Az interviews Sinan Ogan, president of the Turkish Centre for International Relations and Strategic Analysis.
News.Az: Turkey’s peacekeeping efforts on the Middle East and South Caucasus have not yet been effective. Do you think that these Turkish diplomatic efforts will be fruitful?
Sinan OGAN: I would like to think so, but it is not too easy. Israel in the Middle East and Armenia in the South Caucasus are far from peace. Both regions have serious problems in this respect. The settlement of these problems anytime soon is considered impossible. However, it is easier to settle problems in the Caucasus than in the Middle East. Peace in the Caucasus can be achieved if both parties want it. Turkey’s unilateral efforts are insufficient. It requires Israel in the Middle East and Armenia in the Caucasus to take steps to achieve peace.
Probable Scenarios for Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Monday, 06 September 2010 07:56
Second Part
The Key provisions of the Madrid Principles that have been promulgated in 2007:
1. Return of the regions surrounding the Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan control;
2. Ensure the security and self-government of Nagorno-Karabakh by granting a temporary status;
3. Establish a corridor linking Armenia with the Nagorno-Karabakh;
4. The final status of Nagorno-Karabakh will be determined by a popular referendum which would have legally binding power;
5. Right of all the refugees to return back to the territories, where they were living before the conflict;
6. Providing international security, which includes peace-keeping operations.
Why peace can be as difficult as war?
Monday, 06 September 2010 07:56
Current public policy debates in Armenia and Azerbaijan over a possible Nagorno-Karabakh war are more acceptable to those who want to return to their homes rather than live in a “no-war-no-peace” situation. The danger of another open war in the Caucasus – one much worse than the August conflict between Russia and Georgia – is all too real, which military experts and politicians in both countries recognize.
Are We Ready For a Azerbaijan-Armenia War?
Monday, 06 September 2010 07:56
While an enormous action continue in Turkish foreign policy, significant and unusual developments are being experienced in Nagorno-Karabakh case. But, where Ankara stands in these developments in Karabakh and to what extent follows these developments? It is hard to respond positively to this query. Yet, in the recent two months the crisis with Israel along with the Gaza case and Turkey’s attitude toward the sanctions of the United States against Iran are predominantly taking place in Turkey’s main axis of foreign policy. In this context, the axis shift discussions in the West and their reflections in Turkey and yet again the terrorist incidents experienced in parallel with these developments remain in the forefront.
