1/ Reading a paper on conflict transformation in Nagorno-Karabakh and interviews with students from Mesrop Mashtots University (MMU) in Khankendi/Stepanakert from 2009. The views are bizarre and clearly heavily influenced by propaganda.
2/ "In discussions with the authors of the article, students of the MMU generally expressed their support for peace negotiations with Azerbaijan; however, they considered the Karabakh conflict to have been settled once and for all. The prevailing opinion seemed to be that
3/ the negotiations should not focus primarily on reconciling two feuding societies, but rather on the recognition of NKR’s independence. Most students also rejected the return of Azerbaijani refugees and any territorial concessions to Azerbaijan by NKR."
4/ The authors state that MMU only promotes the Armenian view of the Karabakh conflict, and focuses on the Russian and Armenian history of Karabakh. Naregatsi Art Institute downplays the Azerbaijani history of Shusha and considers it exclusively Armenian.
5/ The interviews are from 2009, but I imagine the narrative has gotten more nationalistic rather than open-minded, especially after the 2016 skirmishes and now the eruption of the Second Karabakh War.
The link to the paper, in case anyone is interested: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0265378818767675
The link to the paper, in case anyone is interested: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0265378818767675