The Kremlin and the principle of self- determination

Authors

  • Khatchik DerGhougassian Universidad Nacional de Lanús
  • Ricardo Torres CERIR. Universidad Nacional de Rosario

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/cc.139.190

Keywords:

Russia, self-determination, Nagorno Karabagh, Armenia, Azerbaijan

Abstract

The paper attempts to analyze the principle of self-determination in the international agenda focusing on Moscow´s foreign policy since Gorbachev´s rejection of the Nagorno Karabagh Autonomous Region constitutional request to separate from the Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan in February 1988 through the successive crises in the Kosovo, the Caucasus and Ukraine.

The central argument sustains that the apparent rejection to the principle of self-determination must be understood in the context of Moscow´s continued drive for hegemony in the geopolitical space of Eurasia, and more specifically, in the ex-Soviet space.

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Author Biographies

Khatchik DerGhougassian, Universidad Nacional de Lanús

PhD in International Studies, University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL, USA). Professor of International Relations at the Universidad Nacional de Lanús (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Ricardo Torres, CERIR. Universidad Nacional de Rosario

Doctor en Relaciones Internacionales (PhD in International Relations), Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Rosario, Argentina). Researcher at the Centro de Estudios en Relaciones Internacionales de Rosario (CERIR)/Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Rosario, Argentina)

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Published

2024-06-17

How to Cite

DerGhougassian, K., & Torres, R. (2024). The Kremlin and the principle of self- determination. CUPEA Cuadernos De Política Exterior Argentina, (139), 154–198. https://doi.org/10.35305/cc.139.190

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