Abstract: Did the 1915 genocide of the Ottoman Armenians play a role in the genesis of the Karabakh war? In the early phase of the con ict, many Armenian activists and politicians drew parallels between the evolving struggles of the present and the traumatic events of 1915. This essay explores the ways in which Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey have referred to the events of 1915 to formulate their policies towards the con ict. The essay argues that the largely suppressed past trauma was present in the mass psychology of the con icting parties, although in ...
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Criminology
Law