The Geopolitics of Nationalism and the Armenian Genocide
Journal: Universal Library of arts and humanities.
Year: 2025

What factors led to the eventual decision by the Ottoman Empire to commit genocide of its Armenian population? This paper argues that there were three main influences behind the Empire’s targeting of this part of its population. Firstly, Ottoman leaders fostered resentment of the Armenians and eventually came to view their increasing wealth and power as a type of internal threat to the Empire. Secondly, Russia, the Ottoman Empire’s greatest international threat, was increasing in power and givin