CONTEMPORARY EURASIA VOLUME VII (1, 2) Contemporary-Eurasia-3new

CONTEMPORARY EURASIA the document gave a new impetus for enhancing military capabilities and pursuing the military agenda of Azerbaijan during the past nine years. Policy implementation stemming from the Doctrine created a new reality in Azerbaijan regarding military potential, which allowed to put on the ta- ble of discussions the military solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conﬂ ict. However, there is no study in the literature that analyzes the link be- tween policies derived from the Military Doctrine and its implications. It is essential to reveal the causation between the document adoption and defense policies, which were implemented to guide the military build- up of the country. This policy implementation led not only to the high level of militarization and army modernization but also created a fertile ground for securitization of the Azerbaijani public domain. Therefore, the research has an aim to assess the policy implementation stemming from the Doctrine and understand how it has contributed to the military growth of Azerbaijan. To answer this question, the study is divided into several interlinked sections. The literature review is devoted to the discussion and elaboration of the concept “security” and deﬁ nition of Military Doctrine as such. Constructivism theory and the phenomenon of securitization are also analyzed as a theoretical framework for further analysis. The second section discusses the Military Doctrine of Azerbaijan: what are the fun- damental goals and desirable ends for the Republic, what issues are pri- oritized in the document and how those can be solved. The third section is the assessment of policy results regarding military growth registered since 2010. In this framework, investments in the military build-up, en- larged military partnership, improvement of army structure and the grow- ing defense industry are the variables to be discussed. And last but not least, the ﬁ nal section is directed to the data discussion and interpretation in order to strengthen the analysis done in the previous sections. Defi ning Security Up to the end of the 20th century, the research tended to focus main- ly on state-centric view to deﬁ ne the concept of security. Although Barry Buzan addressed individual security as an important level of theoretical analysis, it was considered as “subordinate to the higher-level political structures of state and international system”. 1 Despite the fact that aca- demic studies have not dealt with a state as a mean to provide individual security, but vice versa, state is a most prominent structure in projecting 1 Barry Buzan, People, States and Fear: An agenda for international security studies in the post-Cold war era. (Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 1991). 22

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