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and the recommendations of how to change the existing policies and approaches to promote the settlement of the conflict . 13 The ‘ no war , no peace ’ paradigm is also discussed . Azerbaijani scholars think that this is especially harmful to peacebuilding and conflict transformation efforts . 14 One of the most common traits of the studied analyses was that they primarily address two conflicting sides . A few of them only attempted to present the Azerbaijani approach . Additionally , conflict management as a separate field with its particular strategies is not discussed , which is conspicuous in its absence .
Research Design and Methodology
This article seeks to provide answers to the following research questions :
- Can strategic patience be observed in the framework of the conflict management strategies utilized for resolving the conflict ?
- Is the concept of strategic patience applicable to Azerbaijan ’ s position towards the peace process of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ? Accordingly , the hypotheses to be tested are the following : - Strategic patience can be observed in the framework of conflict management strategies and serves as a set of multiple strategies to achieve conflict resolution .
- Azerbaijan ’ s position towards the peace process of the NK conflict qualifies as strategically patient .
This is a study based on the explanatory design . To answer the above questions , qualitative methods of research are applied based on both primary and secondary data collection .
Strategic Patience as a Combination of Conflict Management Strategies
Most of the analyses of the literature on the concept of strategic patience demonstrate that strategic patience is a set of various strategies and is not a concrete strategy to address conflicts . The concept was coined by the Obama administration when defining their policy towards North Korea . In the literature on the US-North Korea case , the core elements of this policy are identified . They are as follows : restricting the
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Lala Jumayeva , “ Discourses of War and Peace within the Context of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict : The Case of Azerbaijan ,” Journal of Conflict Transformation , Caucasus Edition 3 , no . 2 ( 2018 ).
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Aytan Gahramanova , “ Peace Strategies in “ Frozen ” Ethno-Territorial Conflicts : Integrating Reconciliation into Conflict Management : The Case of Nagorno Karabakh ,” Working Paper , Universität Mannheim , 2007 .
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