Title: Use of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in International Politics: Analyzing from Opposing Vote by India Toward UN draft resolution A/62/L.42
Stream: Political Science: Administration, Governance and Finance
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
Authors:
Koji Kobayashi, University of Tokyo, Japan
Abstract:
Use of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in International Politics: Analyzing from Opposing Vote by India Toward UN draft resolution A/62/L.42
One main issue in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict is which principal (territorial-integrity or self-determination) should be assured more. In the UN, while Azerbaijan puts stress on territorial-integrity, Armenia claims the self-determination of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. Considering the issue of whether we should prioritize territorial-integrity over self-determination, we can see an analogy of Kashmir Conflict. India values territorial-integrity and Pakistan emphasizes self-determination of Muslims. Without any other consideration, we may conclude that India sides with Azerbaijan and Pakistan with Armenia.
However, that is wrong. At the UN in 2008, India voted NO against Azerbaijan’s draft resolution(A/62/L/42) in which the territorial-integrity outweighs self-determination. Nevertheless, existing research cannot directly provide the answer to this intention of India because research on NK Conflict focuses on the states involved (Azerbaijan, Armenia) and the Minsk Group of OSCE which mainly keeps trying to mediate the conflict. It is true that in 2020 and 2022, when the war recommences, Russia, Turkey, and Iran frequently appeared in news titles, but perspectives on the other nations are few.
This paper clarifies India said NO to Azerbaijan partly because India had to get support from Armenia on the Kashmir problem in a complicated international dynamism in and around Armenia, Pakistan, India, and Azerbaijan.
Moreover, the clarification suggests states (in this paper India) other than the countries involved and the MG of OSCE can have clear interests in the conflict. It means this research widened the viewpoint to argue the conflict more precisely.
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