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Tim Poitier – Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia: A Legal Appraisal

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The conflicts in the South Caucasus appear impervious to solution 다운로드. The hopes raised by independence have been dashed by an insidious cocktail of past and present regional hegemony, historical antipathy and Soviet planning 다운로드. Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, continue to wait for their long awaited Spring. In a region where Western academic writing has focused, during the last decade, almost exclusively on the dynamics of regional security and “Great Power” rivalry, even in the context of conflict, this volume provides a legal appraisal of the possible processes and structures which may, ultimately, facilitate the finding of constitutional settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia 대교어린이tv 다운로드. In the work, Tom Potier, an academic lawyer with much experience in the Caucasus, has written an account which should prove not only to be of use to academics, diplomats and government officials working in the region, but also as a contribution to the ongoing development of the international law on self-determination and autonomy 다운로드.

Potier, T. (2001). Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia: A Legal Appraisal. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 다운로드.

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Christoph Zürcher – The Post-Soviet Wars: Rebellion, Ethnic Conflict, and Nationhood in the Caucasus

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The Post-Soviet Wars is a comparative account of the organized violence in the Caucusus region, looking at four key areas: Chechnya, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Dagestan 다운로드. Zürcher’s goal is to understand the origin and nature of the violence in these regions, the response and suppression from the post-Soviet regime and the resulting outcomes, all with an eye toward understanding why some conflicts turned violent, whereas others not 다운로드. Notably, in Dagestan actual violent conflict has not erupted, an exception of political stability for the region. The book provides a brief history of the region, particularly the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting changes that took place in the wake of this toppling 맨인블랙 인터내셔널 자막. Zürcher carefully looks at the conditions within each region—economic, ethnic, religious, and political—to make sense of why some turned to violent conflict and some did not and what the future of the region might portend 유튜브 멀티 다운로드.

This important volume provides both an overview of the region that is both up-to-date and comprehensive as well as an accessible understanding of the current scholarship on mobilization and violence 다운로드.

Zurcher, C. (2007). The Post-Soviet Wars: Rebellion, Ethnic Conflict, and Nnationhood in the Caucasus. NYU Press 다운로드.

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Svante E. Cornell & S. Frederick Starr (eds.) – The Guns of August 2008: Russia’s War in Georgia

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In the summer of 2008, a conflict that appeared to have begun in the breakaway Georgian territory of South Ossetia rapidly escalated to become the most significant crisis in European security in a decade 다운로드. The implications of the Russian-Georgian war will be understood differently depending on one’s narrative of what transpired and perspective on the broader context 파랜드 사가 다운로드. This book is designed to present the facts about the events of August 2008 along with comprehensive coverage of the background to those events. It brings together a wealth of expertise on the South Caucasus and Russian foreign policy, with contributions by Russian, Georgian, European, and American experts on the region 다운로드.

Cornell, S. E., & Starr, S. F. (Eds.). (2009). The Guns of August 2008. ME Sharpe.

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Alexander Cooley & Lincoln Mitchell – Engagement without Recognition: A New Strategy toward Abkhazia and Eurasia’s Unrecognized States

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Authors, Alexander Cooley and Lincoln Mitchell, propose an approach called ‘‘engagement without recognition’’ for Western policy toward Abkhazia to challenge the territory’s international isolation and monopolization of influence by Russia 다운로드. According to this strategy, Abkhazia would be given the opportunity to engage with the West on a number of political, economic, social, and cultural issues for the purpose of lessening Russia’s influence 최신 음악 다운로드. While undertaking this strategy, the West must make it clear that Abkhazia’s status as an independent state will never be accepted by either the United States or the EU 아이나비 맵 데이터 다운로드. By separating the international legal dimensions of sovereignty (the question of non-recognition) from its governance aspects, the West can attempt to gain some needed strategic leverage over Abkhazia, which it currently lacks 각시탈 게임.

Cooley, A., & Mitchell, L. A. (2010). Engagement without Recognition: A New Strategy toward Abkhazia and Eurasia’s Unrecognized States 다운로드. The Washington Quarterly, 33(4), 59-73.

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CITpax – Georgian and Abkhaz Perspectives on Human Security and Development in Conflict-Affected Areas

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This document represents a collection of articles by Georgian, Abkhazian and Russian scholars identifying specific actions needed in four policy areas (human rights of the displaced and the returnees, human security, energy and economic development) in which Georgian-Abkhaz co-operation is deemed appropriate with a view to improving the living conditions of the local population 다운로드.

CITpax (2009). Georgian and Abkhaz Perspectives on Human Security and Development in Conflict-Affected Areas. CITpax – Toledo International Centre for Peace, A Policy Research Initiative 다운로드.

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