Overview

The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 was a major armed conflict between the two modern, regular armies of Armenia and Azerbaijan. This open access book examines the causes, and consequences of the war Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. The first part of the book includes chapters discussing why the ceasefire regime failed after long twenty-six years, international mediation and diplomacy, the geopolitical tensions, Armenia’s failure to anticipate the coming war, and emergence of autocratic rule in Azerbaijan. The second part of the book looks at international actors, including the surprising behaviour of Russia, Turkish role and interests, and the lack of American Christian solidarity towards Armenians. The third part of the book looks at the consequences of the war, including the post-war diplomatic initiatives, the dramatic failure of the Russian peacekeeping mission leading to the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh, and a comparative study of Nagorno-Karabakh with the Russia-Ukraine wars. Including specialists from various disciplines and from several countries, the book sheds light on the Second Karabakh War, the future of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and placing it in the broader international context of a new era of inter-state wars. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

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Author:   Vicken Cheterian (University of Geneva)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
ISBN:  

9780755653454

ISBN 10:   0755653459
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  

Table of Contents

1 Introduction Vicken Cheterian, University of Geneva, Switzerland Part I: The War 2 Chronology of 44 Days of War Mkrtich Karapetyan, Journalist at CivilNet, Yerevan 3 Armenia's Foreign Policy During the Second Karabakh War Olesya Vartanyan, Political Analyst at International Crisis Group, Tbilisi 4 Russia and the Second Karabakh War Narek Sukiasyan, Lecturer in Political Science, Yerevan Part II: Causes of the War 1994-2020 5 Armenia’s Official Discourse on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Naira Sahakyan, Lecturer in History, Yerevan State University, Armenia 6 Failed Christian Solidarity Joel Veldkamp, PhD in International Relations, Christian Solidarity International, Zurich 7 Azerbaijani Public Opinion Sevinj Samadzade, Doctoral Student in Political Science, Baku 8 The Development of Azerbaijani Armed Forces After the First Karabakh War Mamed Valimamedov, Military Historian, Moscow 9 Defense Institution Building and Force Development in Armenia: The Paradox of Urgency-Complacency Nexus Zhirayr Amirkhanyan, Military Analyst, Yerevan 10 The Influence of the Armenian Diaspora Tigrane Yegavian, Journalist, Paris 11 The Ruling Elites of Modern Azerbaijan Arif Yunusov, Sociologist, Amsterdam 12 The Lost Decades: The Karabakh Negotiations Between Norms, Power, and Interest (1994-2018) Kevork Oskanian, Lecturer in International Relations, Exeter Part III: After the Second Karabakh War – Consequences 13 Post-War Reconstruction in Karabakh or Authoritarian Reinforcement in Azerbaijan? Firuza Nahmatova, Doctoral Student, Lisbon 14 A Comparative Study of Military Performance and Failures in the Karabakh War and in the Russo-Ukrainian War Cerwyn Moore and Leonid Nersisyan, Senior Lecturer in IR at the University of Birmingham, UK 15 The Shifting Iranian Position Towards the South Caucasus Since the 2020 War Georgi Mirzabekyan, Historian and Journalist, Yerevan 16 Monumental Concerns: The Future of Nagorno-Karabakh's Armenian Heritage Simon Maghakyan, Doctoral Student, Cranfield University, UK 17 Fractured Mediations: Armenian-Azerbaijani Diplomacy After the Second Karabakh War Laurence Broers, Chatham House and Conciliation Resources, UK 18 Commemoration of the Victory in the Karabakh War in Azerbaijan: How the Soviet Legacy Negatively Impacts the Current State’s Most Important Day for Propaganda Altay Goyushov, Director, Baku Research Institute, Baku 19 Taking a Human Rights-Based Approach After the Second Karabakh War Sheila Paylan, International Lawyer 20 Turkey in the Second Karabakh War: A Jewel in the Crown of Turkish Revisionist-Eurasianist Foreign Policy Cengiz Candar, Turkish Author and Journalist 21 Geopolitical Tectonic Changes in the South Caucasus Because of the Second Karabakh War Vicken Cheterian, Lecturer in History and IR, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Reviews

""A ground-breaking and essential contribution that provides a rigorous, multi-disciplinary analysis of a neglected but globally significant war. Vividly written and meticulously researched, this book is a tour de force in conflict analysis"" * Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Professor, Dublin City University, UK *

Author Information

Vicken Cheterian is a lecturer in history and international relations at The University of Geneva. He is the author of War and Peace in the Caucasus, Russia’s Troubled Frontier (2009), and Open Wounds, Armenians, Turks and a Century of Genocide (2015).

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