The Challenge of Statehood
Subtitle: Armenian Political Thinking Since Independence (Human Rights & Democracy)
Publisher: Blue Crane Books
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781886434103
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Central government; European studies; Political science & theory; Political culture; History - General History; Contemporary Politics - Former Soviet Republics; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; ASIA; Armenia; Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 198; Eastern Europe - General; Politics and government; Europe - Baltic States; History & Theory - General; Political Process - Political Parties; 1991-; Armenia (Republic); Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, 1988-1994
Description: The Challenge of Statehood is a timely book on politics in Armenia and its Diaspora since Armenia's independence. The volume analyzes how conflicting interpretations of history have nurtured competing policies and influenced the future of Armenia and of its relations with its neighbors. The author challenges ideologized views of war and diplomacy, of the Genocide and the politics of its recognition, and of national unity and political legitimization.

He explores the Nagorno Karabagh conflict, the difficult relations with Turkey, and the relationship between Homeland and Diaspora. The author argues that the resignation of President Levon Ter-Petrossian in 1998 constituted a watershed in the ongoing battle between pragmatic and ideological concepts of independence statehood and nationhood.