Intangibility of borders versus the right to self-determination. The example of the South Caucasus: the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan
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2024
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geopolitics Nakhchivan intangibility of borders history right of peoples to self-determination international law geography South Caucasus Azerbaijan blockade Armenia ethnic cleansing Nagorno-Karabakh Borders war Nakhchivan intangibility of borders geopolitics Turkey European Union geography Azerbaijan blockade ethnic cleansing United States history right of peoples to self-determination USSR Nagorno-Karabakh Borders international law South Caucasus Russia Armenia Georgia warSujets proches
Disputes, Boundary Frontier troubles Borders Frontiers (Boundaries) Geographic boundaries Boundary disputes Territorial boundaries Political boundariesCiter ce document
Gérard-François Dumont, « Intangibility of borders versus the right to self-determination. The example of the South Caucasus: the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan », Les analyses de Population & Avenir, ID : 10670/1.w2fr10
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In the course of contemporary history, the process of establishing international law has enshrined two principles: the right of peoples to self-determination was enshrined in the 1945 UN Charter, while the principle of the inviolability of borders has been affirmed by international jurisprudence and implemented during major geopolitical upheavals (decolonization, implosion of communist regimes, agreements ending the wars in the former Yugoslavia...). However, these two principles are applied with variable geometry, not least because they prove to be contradictory. The example of the South Caucasus, with the evolution of the conflict concerning Nagorno-Karabakh, and consequently Armenia and Azerbaijan, illustrates in particular the past, present and future geopolitical issues raised by these two principles.