The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh has threatened the South Caucasus for more than twenty years, but it remains low on the international agenda and, more importantly, international. efforts proved largely ineffective in implementing a viable resolution. Today, the international community must face the fact that the four resolutions of the UN Security Council, the principal body responsible for protecting international peace and security, and the international community's applicable law and standards are still ignored. Although the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is generally referred to as a "frozen conflict", the term can be misleading and potentially dangerous due to the fact that the conflict is in a state of dynamic change which could result in the resumption of military operations. Clearly, this is an uneasy truce that can be easily broken. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as other protracted conflicts, creates both challenges and opportunities for major powers and this insecurity becomes simply another tactic in the “go game” of power. and patience. Historical Claims to Nagorno-Karabakh The Karabakh region is contested by both Azerbaijanis and Armenians for primarily historical reasons. Azerbaijanis claim that the region has always been under Azerbaijani rule throughout history and, in contrast, Armenians advance the claim that Karabakh was originally a site of Armenian residence and that Azerbaijani rule was illegitimate . The controversial and confusing history of the Karabakh region can be seen. in his own name. Karabakh is actually an amalgamation of Turkish and Persian. “Kara” means black in Turkish and “bağ” means garden in Persian and Turkish. The contemporary ending "bakh" comes from Russian...... middle of paper ......ion of Nagorno-Karabakh was composed of Armenians and that they had been subjected to socio-economic discrimination and cultural exploitation by Azerbaijan. for decades. As for the Republic of Azerbaijan, it rightly demands protection of its territorial integrity on the basis of universally recognized norms and principles of international law. The conflict has over time become one of the most intractable disputes on the international stage. As the only one among the Caucasus' diverse ethnic and political conflicts involving two internationally recognized states as parties, it is also the region's conflict that carries one of the greatest geopolitical significance. Indeed, in the late 1990s, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict helped accelerate the emergence of opposing alignments of states in and around the Caucasus...