
Armenia after the Nagorno-Karabakh war: a case of continued democratization after defeat in a context of regeneration following the migration of compatriots
The research aims to analyse Armenia following the defeat and loss of Nagorno-Karabakh as a case of continued democratization after defeat. In spite of the trauma caused by the end of Nagorno-Karabakh as an unrecognised independent state with direct ties to Armenia and the subsequent mass influx of refugees into Armenia, the end of this climate of geopolitical tension and the consequent attention received from EU policies and social regeneration plans could lead to a trail of post-defeat democratization. Growth figures and the latest EU projects, actions on the ground and the development of relations are indicators. In addition, the political discourse in the change between the Karabakh model political tradition and the current in relation to the above research will be investigated.
La ricerca mira ad analizzare l'Armenia a seguito della sconfitta e perdita del Nagorno-Karabakh come un caso di democratizzazione post sconfitta continuata. Nonostante il trauma causato dalla fine del Nagorno-Karabakh come stato indipendente non riconosciuto con legame diretto con l'Armenia e il conseguente flusso di rifugiati confluiti in massa in Armenia, la fine di questo clima di tensione geopolitica e la susseguente attenzione ricevuta dalle politiche UE e i piani di rigenerazione sociale potrebbero determinare una scia di democratizzazione post sconfitta. I dati di crescita e gli ultimi progetti, azioni della UE in loco e lo sviluppo delle relazioni sono degli indicatori. Inoltre verrà indagato il discorso politico nel cambiamento tra la tradizione politica modello Karabakh e l'attuale in relazione alla ricerca di cui sopra.
International relations; Political sciences; Migrations; State building; Democratization; EU policies; Empirical constructivism theory.
Busini, C., "The difficulties of social and labour integration of people from Nagorno-Karabakh: a parallelism with the Greek case of the Pontic Greeks and ethnic Greek Albanians migrants merged into Greece", Caucasus Institute, Yerevan, 2024. https://www.c-i.am/publication_cat/guest-publications/