Tina Kharatyan
vol. VII(1,2)
Pages 21-40
Abstract
In June 2010 the Military Doctrine was adopted in Azerbaijan, and new policies
were put into implementation based on the vision of the document. The
MD has become the proper installation of Azerbaijani aspirations to restore
territorial integrity by any means including military operations. The document
provided an impetus to spend billions of dollars on purchasing weaponry,
developing army structure, constructing new military bases and enlarging
arms production. Policies derived from the Doctrine not only pushed the rapid
military growth of Azerbaijan but led to the high level of public securitization
as well. Therefore, this research has an aim to assess the causation
between the document adoption and defense policies, which were implemented
to guide the military build-up of Azerbaijan and achieve social unity legitimizing
the possibility of war.
Keywords: military doctrine, Azerbaijan, military build-up, Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict
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