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TREAT KARABAKH LIKE A FREE COUNTRY, SAYS NYT OP-ED
asbarez
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
The New York Times Company
In an op-ed published, entitled "Phantom Menace" in the New York Times
Tuesday, authors Daniel L. Bynam and Charles King, both professors at
Georgetown University, present a formula for a solution to what they
call "phantom states"-among them Nagorno-Karabakh-which have sprung
up as a result of ethnic conflict.
"Phantom countries frequently emerge from wars, and are sustained by
the threat of further fighting," explain the authors who argue that
these states also stoke war.
"By insisting on territorial integrity, the United States and other
countries forgo the chance to turn phantom states into responsible
players," the authors say, offering a solution that calls for engaging
them politically and economically and encourage democracy-building
mechanisms.
They offer China's and the US' treatment of Taiwan as an example and
essentially propose to treat these states as free countries.
Read the entire New York Times op-ed piece.
asbarez
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
The New York Times Company
In an op-ed published, entitled "Phantom Menace" in the New York Times
Tuesday, authors Daniel L. Bynam and Charles King, both professors at
Georgetown University, present a formula for a solution to what they
call "phantom states"-among them Nagorno-Karabakh-which have sprung
up as a result of ethnic conflict.
"Phantom countries frequently emerge from wars, and are sustained by
the threat of further fighting," explain the authors who argue that
these states also stoke war.
"By insisting on territorial integrity, the United States and other
countries forgo the chance to turn phantom states into responsible
players," the authors say, offering a solution that calls for engaging
them politically and economically and encourage democracy-building
mechanisms.
They offer China's and the US' treatment of Taiwan as an example and
essentially propose to treat these states as free countries.
Read the entire New York Times op-ed piece.