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The Security Consequences of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War for the Islamic Republic of Iran withan Approach to the Copenhagen Security School [PDF]

‫سیاست متعالیه‏
The Karabakh conflict between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, termed the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in the year 2020, has entailed numerous security and political consequences for the involved and neighboring countries.
Afzal Tayebi, Leila Isavand, Zohreh Poustinchi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Independent Kazakhstan and the 'black box' of decision-making : understanding Kazakhstan's foreign policy in the early independence period (1991-4) [PDF]

, 2014
This thesis presents a foreign policy decision-making analysis of Kazakhstan’s foreign relations in the initial post-independence period. The study applies a neoclassical realist theoretical framework in order to provide the understanding of Kazakhstan’s
Ayazbekov, Anuar
core   +2 more sources

Iran and Turkey after the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

Russia and New States of Eurasia
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War led to a change in the regional balance of power in the South Caucasus. Turkey significantly strengthened its footprint in the region through diplomatic and military-political support of Azerbaijan in the conflict. Iran, on the other hand, tried to take a cautious stance in the face of tensions, prioritizing regional ...
R. Guzaerov, I. Baskakov
openaire   +1 more source

Nation‐Building in the Wake of Empire: Identifying Patterns of Minority Policies in the Aftermath of Soviet Collapse

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 386-401, April 2026.
ABSTRACT The collapse of the USSR forced newly independent states to forge national identities while grappling with imperial legacies. This study investigates nation‐building strategies in post‐Soviet states during 1990–1999, using the Nation‐Building Policies (NBP) dataset from the ETHNICGOODS project, which includes all socially and politically ...
Emre Amasyalı, Andrei Tarasov
wiley   +1 more source

A Privilege That Can Be Withdrawn: Regulation of Exit in Russia and Other Post‐Soviet Republics

International Migration, Volume 64, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The former Soviet Union's restrictions on citizens' foreign travel or emigration were notoriously draconian. Yet what replaced them in the fifteen independent states of the post‐Soviet region has not been well analysed. Outside the Baltic republics, the monolithic and prohibitive policies of the Soviet past have given way to a patchwork of ...
Matthew Light, Leonid Kosals
wiley   +1 more source

Shift in the regional balance of power as a precondition for Azerbaijan's military intervention in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 [PDF]

Srpska Politička Misao
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War of 2020 decisively influenced the regional security architecture of the South Caucasus and the fate of the protracted Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict over the status of this mountainous enclave.
Preradović Nikola, Bogićević Aleksandar   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Evolution of Talysh Ethnic Identity: From Soviet Manipulation to Contemporary Reality

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 233-245, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The article delves into the historical and contemporary aspects of the Talysh people's ethnic identity, tracing its evolution from the Russian Empire, through the Soviet Union's nationality policies, to the current situation in independent Azerbaijan.
Petr Kokaisl
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation of the Karabakh Conflict and the Role of the EU in the Normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations [PDF]

Современная Европа
The article analyzes the evolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict from a broad comparative-historical perspective, focusing on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue and the role of the European Union (EU) in its resolution.
S.V. Rastoltsev
doaj   +1 more source

Framing Irredentism: Ancient Statehood, Sacred Lands and Causes and the National Family

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 103-113, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Although irredentism—the attempt by states to retrieve ‘lost’ lands and peoples—rarely occurs, it has highly destabilizing effects on international security and is difficult to resolve given the number of actors drawn into these conflicts.
John Nagle
wiley   +1 more source

The Second Karabakh War and the Dynamics of Relations Between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation

Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University
The article examines the dynamics of development of relations between Armenia and Russia after the Second Karabakh War. Armenian-Russian relations are considered in the context of a comparative analysis of regional processes.
Marut Vardazaryan
doaj   +1 more source