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Expert: Non-kinetic warfare in Nagorno Karabakh conflict is different
because of hate speech and racism voiced by Azerbaijan
17:24 22/03/2014 >> REGION
Non-kinetic warfare in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is significantly
different from the overall perception, since it has a combination of
hatred propaganda, racism and murder promotion. Political Developments
Research Center (PDRC) Chairman Dr. Vahan Dilanyan said about this in
his speech in the seminar called "Non-kinetic warfare in the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict" that took place on March 19 in Washington and was
organized by PDRC.
According to him, the recent escalations over the Crimean peninsula
have once again directed our focus to the issues of frozen conflicts,
nationalism and information warfare in the Eurasian territory.
Referring to the dynamic risks associated with frozen conflicts, he
highlighted the primacy of the factor of information in the analysis
of conflicts.
Mentioning the extradited Azerbaijani murderer and Baku's warlike
rhetoric he noted that the aforementioned create an information
atmosphere of Armenophobia. Dilanyan as well noted that similar racism
was advocated in the Third Reich during the 1930s and 40s.
According to expert while the youth in Armenia and NKR determine their
career path through having good education, in Azerbaijan the youth see
that they can have successful career by killing an Armenian.
Dilanyan noted that despite the transformation of information flows
and the rising availability of the Internet and social networking
sites, Azerbaijani elite still determines information flows.
According to the expert, the formation of a victim identity is taking
place, thus attempting to develop a moral high ground for another war
against Nagorno Karabakh.
The expert also mentioned the recent news of an Azerbaijani family
asking Armenian authorities for a political asylum. According to him
the aforementioned develops a concern that the irrational facets of
the advocated hatred culture in Azerbaijan serve as a basis for the
development of a pathological cruelty which is one of the roots of
terrorism.
He emphasized that while Armenia shows effective participation in
peacekeeping missions, the institutional memory of the birth of
terrorists in Azerbaijan comes from the participation of Afghan
mujahedeen on the side of Azerbaijan during the Karabakh War. Dilanyan
said that Azerbaijan's policy threatens the overall stability and
security in the region.
According to the expert, the international community and namely the
OSCE that adhere to the principal of parity and have been reluctant to
openly condemn such behavior of Azerbaijan risk fragile stability.
On its turn, PDRC Vice-Chairman Vilen Khlgatyan spoke about
Azerbaijani regime's spending of financial resources, in the context
of which he mentioned the establishments of Heydar Aliyev statues in
various cities, proposals of false resolutions of 1992 Aghdam events
and huge financial policies being implemented in various think tanks
and media platforms.
Referring to Aghdam events, the expert mentioned the stance of
Azerbaijan's first president Ayaz Mutalibov on the issue. The lecture
attendees were fascinated when images were shown of dead civilians
whom the Azerbaijani government claims are photos of victims from
Aghdam, but in reality were photographs taken from Kosovo, Gaza, and
Turkey.
Khlgatyan noted that pan-Turkism strategy is still relevant, since
Turkey and Azerbaijan maintain an embargo against Armenia and continue
to hold hostile positions against Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora.
As a logical continuation of war-prone behavior, Khlgatyan outlined
the unprecedented increase of the Azerbaijani military budget.
According to his opinion it aims to strengthen Azerbaijan's position
at the negotiation table. However, this policy has failed because it
has only increased Armenia vigilance, and because Russia has helped to
preserve balance of power.
According to the Center, the seminar was organized by the support of
the Institute of World Politics, a division of which is Kosciuszko
Polish Research Center. The event was attended by diplomats and
experts, among them OSCE Minsk Group US Co-Chair James Warlick.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/03/22/v-dilanyan/
because of hate speech and racism voiced by Azerbaijan
17:24 22/03/2014 >> REGION
Non-kinetic warfare in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict is significantly
different from the overall perception, since it has a combination of
hatred propaganda, racism and murder promotion. Political Developments
Research Center (PDRC) Chairman Dr. Vahan Dilanyan said about this in
his speech in the seminar called "Non-kinetic warfare in the Nagorno
Karabakh conflict" that took place on March 19 in Washington and was
organized by PDRC.
According to him, the recent escalations over the Crimean peninsula
have once again directed our focus to the issues of frozen conflicts,
nationalism and information warfare in the Eurasian territory.
Referring to the dynamic risks associated with frozen conflicts, he
highlighted the primacy of the factor of information in the analysis
of conflicts.
Mentioning the extradited Azerbaijani murderer and Baku's warlike
rhetoric he noted that the aforementioned create an information
atmosphere of Armenophobia. Dilanyan as well noted that similar racism
was advocated in the Third Reich during the 1930s and 40s.
According to expert while the youth in Armenia and NKR determine their
career path through having good education, in Azerbaijan the youth see
that they can have successful career by killing an Armenian.
Dilanyan noted that despite the transformation of information flows
and the rising availability of the Internet and social networking
sites, Azerbaijani elite still determines information flows.
According to the expert, the formation of a victim identity is taking
place, thus attempting to develop a moral high ground for another war
against Nagorno Karabakh.
The expert also mentioned the recent news of an Azerbaijani family
asking Armenian authorities for a political asylum. According to him
the aforementioned develops a concern that the irrational facets of
the advocated hatred culture in Azerbaijan serve as a basis for the
development of a pathological cruelty which is one of the roots of
terrorism.
He emphasized that while Armenia shows effective participation in
peacekeeping missions, the institutional memory of the birth of
terrorists in Azerbaijan comes from the participation of Afghan
mujahedeen on the side of Azerbaijan during the Karabakh War. Dilanyan
said that Azerbaijan's policy threatens the overall stability and
security in the region.
According to the expert, the international community and namely the
OSCE that adhere to the principal of parity and have been reluctant to
openly condemn such behavior of Azerbaijan risk fragile stability.
On its turn, PDRC Vice-Chairman Vilen Khlgatyan spoke about
Azerbaijani regime's spending of financial resources, in the context
of which he mentioned the establishments of Heydar Aliyev statues in
various cities, proposals of false resolutions of 1992 Aghdam events
and huge financial policies being implemented in various think tanks
and media platforms.
Referring to Aghdam events, the expert mentioned the stance of
Azerbaijan's first president Ayaz Mutalibov on the issue. The lecture
attendees were fascinated when images were shown of dead civilians
whom the Azerbaijani government claims are photos of victims from
Aghdam, but in reality were photographs taken from Kosovo, Gaza, and
Turkey.
Khlgatyan noted that pan-Turkism strategy is still relevant, since
Turkey and Azerbaijan maintain an embargo against Armenia and continue
to hold hostile positions against Armenia and the Armenian Diaspora.
As a logical continuation of war-prone behavior, Khlgatyan outlined
the unprecedented increase of the Azerbaijani military budget.
According to his opinion it aims to strengthen Azerbaijan's position
at the negotiation table. However, this policy has failed because it
has only increased Armenia vigilance, and because Russia has helped to
preserve balance of power.
According to the Center, the seminar was organized by the support of
the Institute of World Politics, a division of which is Kosciuszko
Polish Research Center. The event was attended by diplomats and
experts, among them OSCE Minsk Group US Co-Chair James Warlick.
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2014/03/22/v-dilanyan/