Օn 8 February 2006, two days prior to the Kocharyan-Aliev meeting in Rambouillet (France), the ARARAT Center for Strategic Research held a presentation of the book "Liberated Territory of Armenia and Settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict" at the Armenia-Marriott hotel in Yerevan.

The book is the 1st volume of the PRO PATRIA publication series - selected studies with analyses and facts on strategy and security, compiled and edited by the Head of the ARARAT Center Dr Armen Ayvazyan.

Watch the video of the event here:

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“PRO PATRIA”
Publication series
I


THE LIBERATED TERRITORY OF ARMENIA AND THE SETTLEMENT OF THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH
CONFLICT

SELECTED STUDIES


Compiled and edited by
Armen Ayvazyan


YEREVAN 2006


For the attention of RA officials, politicians, members of the National Assembly,
Armenian students and the public at large




CONTENT

1. Introduction

A. THE STATE OF THE ARMENIAN STRATEGIC THOUGHT.
INFORMATION WARFARE

Armen Ayvazyan
2. STRATEGIC GAPS IN THE ARMENIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
OR THE AXIOMS OF ARMENIA’S GEOPOLITICAL EXISTENCE
(in Armenian)

A. A. NALCHAJYAN
3. ANTICIPATED CONCESSIONS RISK NATIONAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
(in Armenian)

HRACHIA ARZUMANYAN
4. PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC DIALOGUE AND RELATIONS IN THE
NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
(in Russian)

KAREN AYVAZYAN (MOSCOW)
5. AZERBAIJANI MANIPULATIONS OF THE ARMENIAN PUBLIC OPINION REMAIN
OVERLOOKED
(in Russian)

ANDREY ARESHEV (MOSCOW)
6. WHO IS WHO IN THE INTERNATIONAL CRISES GROUP? TO WHAT EXTENT IS IT
NEUTRAL AND “NON-GOVERNMENTAL”?
(in Russian)

ALEXANDER MANASYAN
7. TERRITORIAL ASPECTS OF KARABAKH CONFLICT FROM THE
INFORMATION WARFARE PERSPECTIVE
(in Russian)



B. THE TERRITORIAL NATURE OF THE ARMENIAN QUESTION.
ARMENIA’S BORDERS

ARMEN AYVAZYAN
8. CONSEQUENCES OF NON-ENFORCEMENT OF THE TREATY OF SÈVRES
FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
(in Armenian)

LEVON SHIRINYAN
9. ARMENIA’S BORDERS - A NATIONAL SECURITY FACTOR
(in Armenian)

HAYK ASATRYAN
10. THE NATURAL BORDERS OF THE ARMENIAN HIGHLAND
(in Armenian)

LEO
11. ABOUT ARMENIA’S ROADS AND DEFENCE CAPABILITIES
(HISTORICAL OVERVIEW)
(in Russian)

ALVARD D. GAZIYAN, KIM KAGRAMANYAN
12. NEED FOR NEW APPROACHES: ARMENIA MUST FIGHT FOR RESTORING ITS
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
(in Russian)

VARDAN DEVRIKYAN
13.FROM THE “KEY” OF GETASHEN TO THE “BUILDING” OF ARMENIA
(in Armenian)





C. THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE LIBERATED TERRITORY
AND THE ARTSAKH ISSUE


ARMEN AYVAZYAN
14. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
AND GEO-STRATEGIC SITUATION OF ARMENIA
(in Armenian)

SERGEY MINASYAN
15. KARABAKH LOWLAND IS VITAL FOR SECURITY OF NKR
(in Russian)

DAVID BABAYAN
16. THE PROBLEM OF WATER SECURITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
AND ARTSAKH IN THE CONTEXT OF NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
RESOLUTION
(in Russian)

ANDREY ARESHEV (MOSCOW)
KAREN VRTANESYAN (YEREVAN)
17. PEACE-MAKING GAMES AROUND THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
(in Russian)

HRACHIA ARZUMANYAN
18. THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IN THE “GLOBAL OMELETTE”
(in Russian)

SERGEY MINASYAN
19. PACIFIST ILLUSIONS IN ARMENIA AND THE
“BALANCE OF THREATS” IN THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
(in Russian)

IGOR MOURADYAN
20. KARABAKH – NOT A TOOLBOX FOR THE WEST TO SOLVE ITS PROBLEMS
(in Russian)

ARGAM ARANYAN (CANADA)
21. SOAP OPERA EUPHORIA: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SETTLEMENT
AND RESOLUTION OF THE ARTSAKH CONFLICT?
(in Russian)

ARSEN YALANUZYAN
22. THE FACTOR OF ARMY
(in Russian)

HRACHIA ARZOUMANYAN
23. THE STRATEGIC PARAMETERS OF RESOLVING THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
(in Russian)
ZORI BALAYAN
24. KARABAKH: ANY RASH ACTION WILL RESULT IN NEW BLOODSHED
(in Russian)



D. LIBERATED TERRITORY: LEGAL ISSUES

HOVHANNES ASRYAN
25. THE QUESTION OF THE LIBERATED TERRITORIES FROM
HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE
(in Armenian)

S. M. MINASYAN, M. V. AGHAJANYAN
26. THE HUMANITARIAN DIMENSION OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT
(in Russian)

ARIS KAZINYAN
27. OCCUPYING KILOMETRE AFTER KILOMETRE
(in Russian)

ARIS KAZINYAN
28. IN SEARCH FOR “SECURITY” IDEOLOGY
(in Russian)

KIM KAGRAMANYAN
29. NRK IS NOT NKAO MUCH LONG AGO
(in Russian)

E. LIBERATED TERRITORY: QUESTIONS OF RE-ARMENIANIZATION


GEVORG YAZETCHIAN
30. PILGRIMAGE TO THE ARMENIAN LIBERATED TERRITORIES.
ARMENIANS, COME BACK TO HOMELAND!
(in Armenian)

HOVHANNES YERANYAN
31. THE LIBERATED LAND NEEDS TO BE APPROPRIATED
(in Armenian)

A. DABAGHYAN, M. GABRIELYAN
32. ABOUT THE PROCESSES OF RE-INHABITING NKR
AND THE LIBERATED TERRITORIES
(in Armenian)

KIM KAGRAMANYAN
33. THE MAJORITY HAS MOST OF THE CATTLE, RICH GARDENS AND ORCHIDS
(in Russian)
SAMVEL KARAPETYAN
34. THE ARMENIAN HISTORIC MONUMENTS IN THE
LIBERATED REGIONS
(in Armenian)

Selected Armenian monuments registered in the liberated territory 346

HAMLET PETROSYAN, ZHORES KHACHATRYAN,
ASHOT PILIPOSYAN, VARDGES SAFARYAN
35. THE MAIN RESULTS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL
EXCAVATIONS IN ARTSAKH’S TIGRANAKERT
AND AROUND IT
(in Armenian)

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

MAP: “LIBERATED ARTSAKH” (insert)