Analysis of the Military Action of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Issue of Nagorno-Karabakh and the Republic of Artsakh, as well as an Overview of the Positions of the Islamic Republic of Iran (September 2020 War)

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1 Corresponding Author: Master, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of International Ties, College of Law and Political Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

3 PH.D Candidate in Political Sciences, Shahed University, Iran

4 MA, Imam Hossein University, Iran

Abstract

Despite the independence of the local governments of the Southern Caucasus and the regions under their control from the rules of governance of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the Nagorno-Karabakh issue is still seen as a fire under the ashes, despite the geopolitical and political turmoil of a mere issue. Internal conflict in the Soviet border region has become a regional event, not only there is no new opportunity and solution for the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia, but also the deepening of the crisis and the escalation of tensions with the more serious involvement of regional actors and International achieved as the consequences. As a result of a series of long-standing military conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, the fourth battle took place in the region, which was far more extensive and had more consequences. There are various motives and reasons that provided the necessary background and motivation for the expansion and multiplication of the September 2020 conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh by the Republic of Azerbaijan, and in the forthcoming article we have tried to rely on the views of Offensive realism and component and available sources, as well as an overview of the Islamic Republic of Iran's approach to Nagorno-Karabakh, to analyze them.

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Defensive Researches and Management
Volume 20, Issue 92 - Serial Number 92
Summer Quarterly
December 2021
Pages 155-187

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  • Receive Date: 30 June 2021
  • Revise Date: 20 July 2021
  • Accept Date: 05 December 2021

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