The Nagorno Kharabakh Conflict of 2020 – A Change in the Security Architecture of the South Caucasus
Abstract
In1999aftersigningtheBishkekpeaceagreementbetweenAzerbaijanandArmenia, theactivephaseoftheNagorno-KarabakhconflicthasfinishedthathasbroughtsignificantstabilitytotheSouthCaucasusregion.
Bothsidesoftheconflicthavechosendifferentpathwaysofbuildingthesecurityarchitecture. ArmeniahasjoinedtheCollectiveSecurityTreatyOrganizationwhereRussiaisthemainguarantorofthesafety. Atthesametimeon20thofaugust2010,ExtendedDefensePactwassignedbetweenArmeniaandRussiathatimpliesadditionalsecurityguarantiesforArmeniainexchangeofanincreasedRussianmilitarypresenceonArmeniansoil.
WhatconcernstoAzerbaijan, in1999itlefttheCollectiveSecurityTreatyOrganizationalongsidewithGeorgia. On21thofDecember2010, TheParliamentofAzerbaijanratifiedtheAgreementonStrategicPartnershipandMutualSupportsignedbetweentheAzerbaijanandtheTurkey - thathastakentheirmilitarycooperationtothenextlevel.
Itisundoubtablefactthatfrom1994until2020, situationbetweenAzerbaijanandArmeniahasdeterioratedmanytimesovertheNagorno-Karabakhconflict, butthesecuritymechanismsoftheAzerbaijanandArmeniahaveneverallowedthefull-scalemilitaryescalation.
Thebestpatternfortheaforementionedjudgementisthe2016FourDayWar - thatwasneverescalatedintothefull-scaleconflictregardlessitsunprecedentedsizeandthenature.
Thearticleisdedicatedtorepresentthat2020Nagorno-KarabakhconflicthasdramaticallychangedthesecurityarchitectureoftheSouthCaucasusRegion.
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