Country Without Territorial Continuity: The Conflict Case between Azerbaijan and Armenia about Nakhchivan
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Published Date: 15 September 2022
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Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher
Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
15 September 2022 at 00:53. The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is the cause of the military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which represents the problem of a country that has no Territorial Continuity as the case of Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan, namely Armenia has a territory between Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan, including occupied territory by Azerbaijan, as shown in the map below. Territorial Continuity is critical for holding control of all territories of a country, while a lack of Territorial Continuity will lead to endless conflict between the country that has the separate territory and the country that holds territory in the middle between them, as in the case of the triangle, Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan, and Armenia. In case of lack of Territorial Continuity like Nakhchivan, the territory runs as an Autonomous territory and, in many cases, with the prospect of becoming an independent country. Hence, the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia is going to last forever with low and high peaks until Nakhchivan becomes an independent country or part of Armenia with Territorial Continuity. Nevertheless, in the case of Nakhchivan, the story is more complicated if we look at the regional map of Nakhchivan (see below), which also has borders with Turkey and Iran. Still, Turkey is in this conflict with Azerbaijan, so Turkey frequently runs war games with Azerbaijan, while Armenia has the backup of the military alliance CSTO that decided to send troops of CSTO to assist Armenia with this conflict. Nonetheless, Iran is not a member of CSTO, yet with Armenia in this conflict. Nevertheless, the warm relations between Russia and Turkey help to reach a ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia when the flames fire up, yet without a prospect for ending this conflict.
