Introduction -- Part I. Nagorno-Karabakh and ethno-territorial conflict settlement -- Nagorno-Karabakh: the genesis and dynamics of the conflict -- Settling ethno-territorial conflict -- Part II. Case studies of ethno-territorial conflict settlement -- Introduction to the case studies -- Aland: a precedent for internationally safeguarded autonomy -- Bosnia and Herzegovinia: persistent divisions -- Kosovo: monitored secession -- South Tyrol: from "ethnic reparcelling" to an archetype for settling ethno-territorial conflicts -- Trieste: a state on paper, partition in praxis -- Cyprus: trial and failure of a political solution -- Northern Ireland: a compromise between unwilling antagonists -- Quebec: fluctuation between autonomy and secession -- Part III. Results and conclusions -- Models for settling ethno-territorial conflicts -- A way out for Nagorno-Karabakh: autonomy, secession - or what else?
Summary:
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.
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