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RAND Study on Religious Factor in Karabakh Conflict<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n By<\/span>Emil Sanamyan<\/strong>\n \n January 27, 2018<\/span>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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RAND Study on Religious Factor in Karabakh Conflict.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new study by RAND\u00a0\u201cReligion, Conflict and Stability in the Former Soviet Union\u201d<\/a> includes an extensive chapter on \u201cArmenia-Azerbaijan: Rethinking the Role of Religion in the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict,\u201d by the University of Minnesota scholar Artyom Tonoyan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tonoyan notes that the topic of religion has been largely ignored in the study of the Karabakh conflict. He argues that this has to do with \u201cthe \u201cWestern\u201d secularization theory serving as an obstacle for studying the nexus of religion and conflict, [whereas] for Soviet and post-Soviet scholars it was the Marxist (Leninist) approach to the social sciences in general and religion in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, as Tonoyan finds that \u201cwhile religion was not initially a major factor in the conflict, it became gradually more important over time as it was used by both sides to build and sustain political support for continuing the fight. The potential for an eventual return to active conflict, one that would be seen as more religious on both sides, remains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":1020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-focus-on-karabakh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRAND Study on Religious Factor in Karabakh Conflict<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/armenian\/2018\/01\/27\/rand-study-on-religious-factor-in-karabakh-conflict\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RAND Study on Religious Factor in Karabakh Conflict - 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