Nagorno Karabakh: The Rise of Authoritarian “Conflict Resolution”
Azerbaijan took control of its Nagorno-Karabakh region by military action, forcing thousands of Karabakh Armenians to flee their homeland. The development sets a risky precedent for future peaceful conflict resolution in the South Caucasus region. It is also a failure of Western diplomacy. The takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh is a dangerous example of authoritarian “conflict resolution” that undermines the legitimacy of liberal peacemaking efforts. Despite Russia’s relative weakness with its war against Ukraine, it is setting the norms in this conflict – not the EU or US.