Değirmencioğlu, İlhami B.2024-03-132024-03-1320191309-0593https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/314241https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/2610The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict turned into an “intractable”conflict since the parties did not compromise despite the longlastingefforts of the Organization for Security and Cooperationin Europe (OSCE). The realist approaches, whichdominate the Conflict Analysis and Resolution (CAR) field,cannot fully explain the complex dynamics of the intractableconflicts due to their power-oriented logic focusing on thesystem-level analysis. The evolving constructivist literaturecould not abundantly engage in CAR field despite it containsuseful insights for the conflict analysis. This study assumesthat the dynamics of the intractability can be explored byexamining the mutual constitution of the material andideational factors by considering the interplays at the unitregional,and system levels. In this regard, this study aspires todevelop an analytical approach by enhancing the analyticalframework of the Regional Security Complex Theory (RSCT),which enables the integrated use of the realist andconstructivist assumptions and the conduct of the analysis atall levels, with the constructivist assumptions and contributeto constructivist research in CAR field. In the light of the casestudy, this work proposes an analytical framework, whichconducts the analysis of the intractability in a nonlinear way and rests on the inference that material and ideational factorsgenerate different effects on the protraction at various levels.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle374234131424111