The Nagorno-Karabakh deadlock: Insights from successful conflict settlements (Studien des Leibniz-Instituts Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung)

The book examines all relevant models which have been employed in settling ethno-territorial conflicts since the time of the League of Nations. Eight of these models have been studied in-depth. The aim of this analysis is to gain expertise and insights that could prove relevant to resolving the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. This potential is evaluated in the closing chapters of the volume where novel ideas on how to apply the lessons of these cases to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh are presented. This conflict carries many features typical of ethno-territorial conflicts in present and past times: it is neither unique, nor does its settlement depend on others than the parties to the conflict. Rather it is – as in all other cases – entrenched historical narratives and enemy images which lead to zero-sum calculations and can conceivably only be overcome in a gradual process. **Content** * Part I Nagorno-Karabakh and ethno-territorial conflict settlement * Part II Case studies of ethno-territorial conflict settlement: Åland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, South Tyrol, Trieste, Cyprus, Northern Ireland, Quebec. * Part III Results and conclusions: A way out for Nagorno-Karabakh **The Editors** **Dr Azer Babayev**​ is Assistant Professor of Political Science at ADA University, Baku. **Dr Bruno Schoch** is Associated Researcher at PRIF (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt), Frankfurt/Main. **Dr Hans-Joachim Spanger** is Head of the Dissemination Division at PRIF (Peace Research Institute Frankfurt), Frankfurt/Main. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Bruno Schoch, Hans-Joachim Spanger)....Pages 1-14 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Nagorno-Karabakh: The Genesis and Dynamics of the Conflict (Azer Babayev)....Pages 17-38 Settling Ethno-Territorial Conflict (Azer Babayev, Bruno Schoch, Hans-Joachim Spanger)....Pages 39-70 Front Matter ....Pages 71-71 Introduction to the Case Studies (Hans-Joachim Spanger)....Pages 73-79 Åland: A Precedent for Internationally Safeguarded Autonomy (Egbert Jahn)....Pages 81-99 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Persistent Divisions (Thorsten Gromes)....Pages 101-117 Kosovo: Monitored Secession (Bruno Schoch)....Pages 119-141 South Tyrol: From “Ethnic Reparcelling” to an Archetype for Settling Ethno-Territorial Conflicts (Bruno Schoch)....Pages 143-167 Trieste: A State on Paper, Partition in Praxis (Bruno Schoch)....Pages 169-188 Cyprus: Trial and Failure of a Political Solution (Azer Babayev)....Pages 189-212 Northern Ireland: A Compromise Between Unwilling Antagonists (Bernhard Moltmann)....Pages 213-230 Quebec: Fluctuation Between Autonomy and Secession (Egbert Jahn)....Pages 231-254 Front Matter ....Pages 255-255 Models for Settling Ethno-Territorial Conflicts (Hans-Joachim Spanger)....Pages 257-275 A Way Out for Nagorno-Karabakh: Autonomy, Secession—or What Else? (Azer Babayev, Hans-Joachim Spanger)....Pages 277-320