New open-access scholarly volume explores the 2020 Artsakh war and regional geopolitics

(Horizon Media / OTTAWA) — The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has announced the release of a new open-access scholarly volume examining the 2020 Artsakh war and its far-reaching geopolitical consequences.

Titled The 44-Day War: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the Struggle for Nagorno-Karabakh, the book is edited by Vicken Cheterian and published by I.B. Tauris/Bloomsbury. The publication brings together specialists from various countries and academic disciplines to analyze the causes, international dimensions, and aftermath of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

The volume explores issues including the collapse of the long-standing ceasefire regime, Armenia’s failure to anticipate the war, Azerbaijan’s increasingly authoritarian governance, the role of regional and international actors such as Russia and Turkey, and the consequences of the war, including the forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Gulbenkian Foundation’s Armenian Communities Department noted that the publication places the 44-day war within a broader international context, arguing that the South Caucasus has become part of overlapping geopolitical theatres linking Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and the West.

The Foundation also emphasized that making the volume freely accessible reflects a commitment to ensuring that rigorous, evidence-based research remains available not only to academics but also to journalists, civil society actors, students, and policymakers working on issues related to conflict, diplomacy, and displacement.

The printed edition of the book remains available for purchase through the publisher.

(Photos: The Gulbenkian Foundation’s Armenian Communities Department)