Dr Laurence Broers is a Research Associate at the Centre of Contemporary Central Asia & the Caucasus, School of Oriental and African Studies. He is the co-editor of three volumes, most recently, with Galina Yemelianova, of 'The Routledge Handbook of the Caucasus' (forthcoming). He is also the co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of Caucasus Survey (Taylor & Francis). He has extensive professional experience working in policy analysis and managing Armenian-Azerbaijani peacebuilding initiatives at the civil society level.
Armenia and Azerbaijan: Anatomy of a Rivalry, by Laurence Broers,
is the most significant book on the conflict since Black Garden,
Thomas de Waal's 2003 account of the Nagorno-Karabakh war in the
1990s... Having traced the geopolitical visions of both sides, the
balance of the book is devoted to rich, subtle reinterpretations of
all of the major issues surrounding the conflict: the more than a
million civilians displaced on both sides, the military balance,
the roles of foreign powers and diasporas in the conflict, the
nature of the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh state, and the long-running
peace negotiations. --Joshua Kucera "Eurasianet "
Without any doubt, Laurence Broers is one of our foremost experts
on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorny
Karabakh. Broers is a scholar-practitioner who has worked for over
a decade for the London-based peacebuilding organization
Conciliation Resources, which for years has provided some of the
best analysis of this protracted conflict. It was exciting to learn
that Broers finally amalgamated his years-long experience in a book
aptly titled Armenia and Azerbaijan. Anatomy of a Rivalry. The book
does not disappoint: This is a superb book on the topic - nuanced,
empirically rich and conceptually convincing...It is essential and
highly recommended reading for everyone interested in this
conflict. What's more, it is also a very rewarding read for anyone
interested in understanding protracted conflicts and how we should
analyse them. --Christopher Z�rcher, University of Ottawa
"Caucasus Survey "
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