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Azerbaijan- International Relations

Azerbaijan- International Relations. Quinn Dufurrena Hist334. Topics of Discussion. Relations with Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) Relations with Iran (Azerbaijani Minority) Oil and Natural Gas. Nagorno-Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh Region Territory Within Azerbaijan Armenian Ethnic Majority

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Azerbaijan- International Relations

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  1. Azerbaijan-International Relations Quinn Dufurrena Hist334

  2. Topics of Discussion • Relations with Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) • Relations with Iran (Azerbaijani Minority) • Oil and Natural Gas

  3. Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh Region • Territory Within Azerbaijan • Armenian Ethnic Majority • Post-Soviet Period • Sought Independence • Armenian Military Supported • War Ensued Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

  4. Results of Conflict • Casualties • 17-25 Thousand Killed • Population Displacement • App. 1 Million Refugees • Loss of Azerbaijani Territory • Sanctions Against Armenia

  5. Foreign Relations and Nagorno-Karabakh • Relations with Russia • Initial Refusal to Join CIS, No Support • Aliyev and CIS • Relations with Turkey • Solidarity with Azerbaijan • Relations with Iran • Iran’s Concerns • Iranian Support for Armenia

  6. Peace Negotiations • 1994 Ceasefire • Peace Negotiations • OSCE Minsk Group, Prague Process • No Agreement Reached Yet • Difficulties • Agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh’s status • Return of Lachin Corridor (access to Armenia)

  7. Relations with Iran • Religious Solidarity • App. 16 million Azerbaijanis in Iran • Energy Resources Competition

  8. Azerbaijani Minority Question • Iran’s Fear of Unification of Azerbaijani Populations • Attempts in 1918, 1945, Present Nationalism among Azerbaijanis • Rhetoric of Azerbaijani Politicians • Concerns for Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict • Increase in Azerbaijani Nationalism • Flood of Refugees • Eventual support for Armenia

  9. Oil and Natural Gas and • Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline • Caspian Sea

  10. BTC Pipeline

  11. BTC Pipeline • Increased ties with Turkey and West • Russian and Iranian pressure to stop construction • Russian-Iranian-Armenian cooperation

  12. Caspian Sea • Demarcation disputes following Soviet collapse • No official agreement reached • Northern Vs. Southern alliances

  13. Disputes with Azerbaijan • Struggle with Turkmenistan over Chirag and Azeri Oilfields • Territorial and Airspace disputes with Iran • Iranian military actions • Turkish and American show of support for Azerbaijan

  14. “Interconnectedness” of Issues • Iranian fears of Azerbaijani unification and Nagorno-Karabakh stance • Disputes over oil and Iranian alliance with Armenia

  15. Azerbaijan-International Relations

  16. Sources • The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict: From Its Inception to the Peace Process. Kamer Kasim. IFAR occasional papers:10102, IFAR Publication, Ankara, London, New York 2001 • Nagorno-Karabakh In Limbo. Benjamin A. T. Graham. Middle East Quarterly, Fall 2009 Vol. 16 Issue 4, p. 55-62 • Iran and Azerbaijan: A Contested Neighborhood. Emil Soulaimenov and Anrej Ditrych. Middle East Policy, Vol. 14, No. 2, Summer 2007 • Wanting to Have Their Cake and Their Neighbor’s Too. Cameron S. Brown. Middle East Journal Vol. 58 No. 4 Autumn 2004 • Toward a New International Regime for the Caspian Sea. Yusin Lee. Problems of Post-Communism. Vol. 52 No. 3 May/June 2005, p. 37-48

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