Recommended for students of international law, academics, and those seeking a more in-depth understanding of the legal arguments surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh will find it here.

Kamal Makili-Aliyev uses the legal precedent of the Aland Islands dispute between Sweden and Finland — resolved in 1921 — to present us with various arguments on the legal implications of self-determination, intrastate conflict, and the legality of territorial disputes. He applies these arguments to Nagorno-Karabakh, carefully examining the legal basis for Armenia and Azerbaijan’s claims — as well as drawing parallels to more recent territorial disputes in Eurasia and the Middle East.

Credits: Top 5 Books on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict