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Bahruz Balayev has undertaken to analyze and find solutions to one of the festering problems in the wake of the breakup of the USSR: the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, a self-proclaimed, but unrecognized Armenian enclave state within the recognized state, and former Soviet republic, of Azerbaijan. Usefully, he puts this issue of self-determination in the broader historical and political context of the region, i.e. the South Caucasus. In the process, a fascinating picture emerges with different views as to the criteria for lawfulness of such endeavors based on the interests of the powers involved. -- Professor Dr. iur. Siegfried Wiessner, Director, Graduate Program in Intercultural Human Rights, St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, Florida Mr. Bahruz Balayev's The Right to Self-Determination in the South Caucus (Nagorno Karabakh in Context) is a meticulously researched overview not just of the 'frozen' conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the erstwhile Azerbaijani (and now Armenian-occupied) Autonomous Region of Mountainous Karabakh, but the related tragic conflicts in the Caucasus region upon the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Providing well-sourced data back to the early 19th century and Russian conquest of the region, but mainly focusing on the post-Soviet experience, Mr. Balayev's approach towards the seemingly diametrically opposed concepts of self-determination and territorial integrity is drawn from a rich mixture of history, local experience (and myth-making), and even from something we might call Soviet-psychology. Highly recommended. -- Thomas Goltz, Montana State University

Bahruz Balayev has undertaken to analyze and find solutions to one of the festering problems in the wake of the breakup of the USSR: the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, a self-proclaimed, but unrecognized Armenian enclave state within the recognized state, and former Soviet republic, of Azerbaijan. Usefully, he puts this issue of self-determination in the broader historical and political context of the region, i.e. the South Caucasus. In the process, a fascinating picture emerges with different views as to the criteria for lawfulness of such endeavors based on the interests of the powers involved.

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Bahruz Balayev holds a JSD in Intercultural Human Rights from Saint Thomas University School of Law.

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