27.10.2014THE TROJAN WAR AND THE “PORCELAIN OF PRAGUE”: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE CONFLICTS OF CYPRUS, NAGORNO-KARABAKH AND KOSOVO
Doctor of International Relations and European Studies
1. Introduction
It is obvious and has been proved throughout the history of humanity that the international system has been suffering from the historical, social, political and economic phenomenon of conflicts and wars. This is why the reasons of triggering a war are always pursued in order to work out a formula to prevent conflicts and wars (Singer 1980; Gilpin 1981). In attempting to give a short definition, it should be underlined that conflict is a confrontation between one or more entities or states, nations or even persons as in the occasion of divorce. For the purposes of this article we focus on the conflicts between nation–states, which are known as wars. In this respect, we examine the causes triggering a conflict and a war and how a solution to avoid conflict can be reached (Charalambides, 2011, pp.27-28; Curr cited in James, 2002, p.55). This article deals with the outstanding issues of Cyprus, Nagorno-Karabakh and Kosovo. Through a comparative analysis of the aforementioned conflicts we examine how international relations function in the global system and whether they swing or not between moralities on the one hand, and national interests on the other (Kaplan, 1961, p. 463). This analysis is also based on the strategy that nation -states design and put in practice in order to achieve a defined goal. Often a war is lost and the goal is never achieved due to a deficient strategy, or because there is no strategy at all.
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