Armenia's Future, Relations with Turkey, and the Karabagh Conflict

Provides detailed information about Armenia's political discourse

Challenges the conventional wisdom on Armenian-Turkish relations

Explains how a community of people is different from a state, and what communities can afford that states cannot

Provides detailed information about Armenia's political discourse Challenges the conventional wisdom on Armenian-Turkish relations Explains how a community of people is different from a state, and what communities can afford that states cannot

Autorentext
Levon Ter-Petrossian is Chairman of the Armenian National Congress party. He was Armenia's first post-Soviet president from 1991-1998.
Arman Grigoryan is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University, USA. His research interests include international relations theory, nationalism and conflict, genocide, bargaining and war, game theory, the Caucasus, and the Balkans.

Inhalt

1. Foreword.- 2. The Early Challenges to the Traditional Narrative, 1989-1991.- 3. Armenian-Turkish Relations after Independence and the Continued Struggle with the Traditional Narrative.- 4. The Karabagh Conflict and the Future of Armenian Statehood.- 5. Views on the Karabagh Conflict and the Armenian Turkish Relations Following the Return to Politics.- 6. The Politics and Geopolitics of the Process of Normalization of Armenian-Turkish Relations.- 7. Peace with Neighbors has no Good Alternatives.- 8. Epilogue.