Armenia & Azerbaijan

This outline and annotated bibliography relates to a proposed 20 page research paper (case study) on the ethno-religious conflict between 1988 and the present between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which has revolved principally over control of the disputed Autonomous Region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The principal focus of this study will be on the influence of political and policy developments in the Soviet Union, and its principal successor state, the Russian Federation, on the development, course and exacerbation, moderation or resolution of this conflict. Its themes are that: the disintegration of the Soviet empire and the inept handling by the Gorbachev regime of the Nagorno-Karabakh problem unleashed pressures by the Armenians and Azeris for nationalist or self-determination solutions; the 1991 failed coup in the Soviet Union strongly influenced the course of the 1991-1994 war; Russian mediation efforts helped arrange a ceasefire in 1994 but was less decisive than the temporary stalemate in that war; subsequent Russian attempts to exercise influence in this Trans-Caucasus region have complicated efforts to arrange a permanent peace; and political and economic factors within these former Soviet Republics and the growing interests and intervention of Turkey and Iran in the conflict cloud the prospects for peace and stability in the region. Indeed, the permanent secession of these former Republics can be reversed by the Russians onl

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l Azeri politics and in describing the continuing decline of the Azeri economy throughout the 1990-1996 period. Curtis, Glenn E. (Ed.). Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia country studies. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1995. The sections in this book dealing with Armenia and Azerbaijan, which are the result of an independent research project sponsored by the United States Government, contain an historically sound and well-documented study of the origins of the post-1987 Armenian-Azeri war and conflict and various facts and figures on the political parties, economy, natural resources and peoples of the region. It also chronicles the relevant developments in the Soviet Union and the various mediation efforts undertaken by Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation of the European countries (CSCE) and others to end the war and to keep the armistice intact despite numerous violations by both sides. Ford, Peter. "Rebirth of Long-Lost Nation Takes a Gloomy Turn." Christian Science Monitor 21 Nov. 1996, 6. This article discusses the decline of democratic government in Armenia in the immediate aftermath of the war, corruption and authoritarian practices of the regime of President Levon Ter-Petrossian and his ta
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Approximate Word count = 2261
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)

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