ABSTRACT
This chapter explores three potentially workable options for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) conflict. These are, firstly, the OSCE's Common State plan that was formulated and presented to the conflict parties in November 1998 after they rejected the phased and package plans in 1997. This plan proposed some kind of confederative union between Azerbaijan and N-K as a compromise solution. Secondly, the Paul Goble plans that was formulated by Goble himself in 1992 but revealed to the parties in 1999. This plan proposed a territorial swap between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a compromise solution. Thirdly, a Stability Pact for the South Caucasus (SPSC) that was proposed by the Brussels-based Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) as a consultative document in 2000. The shift in the OSCE conflict resolution strategy from third-party mediation to bilateral negotiations between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents was a positive factor in the peace process.
