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Transcaucasian Boundaries

Author : John Wright
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135368503
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Transcaucasian Boundaries written by John Wright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transcaucasian boundaries" provides the first insights into the geopolitical dynamics in this ethnically diverse and turbulent region of the former Soviet Union. The interplay between the former controlling powers of Iran, Turkey and Russia is examined, and the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabagh, Ossetia and Abkhazia are subject to expert analysis. The roles of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are considered in detail, their relative weakness having held back the transition towards democratic free-market entities of pluralist composition. Questions of minority rights, territorial settlement and the inviolability of state borders are central to an understanding of this part of the world; these issues are manifest all too violently when combined with the nationalist forces prevalent throughout Transcaucasia. All students of geopolitics and ethnic issues will find this volume a worthwhile contribution to understanding the complex geopolitical problems of a richly diverse and fascinating region.

The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic of 1918

Author : Adrian Brisku
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000372685
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic of 1918 written by Adrian Brisku and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (TDFR) was a unique, bottom-up, and a fleeting display of political unity and federalism among the main Armenian, Azerbaijani and Georgian political factions between 22 April 1918, when it declared its independence, and 26 May 1918, when it was dissolved and replaced by the three nation-states of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Focusing on a crucial but poorly understood moment in the modern history of the Caucasus at the end of the First World War, this book offers a systematic, contextually-rich, and multi-perspectival—Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Ottoman, German, British, American, Italian, Bolshevik, Ukrainian and North Caucasian—account of the TDFR, drawing on contributions (with the new material from archives in Tbilisi, Grozny, Yerevan, Baku, Istanbul, Berlin, London, Washington D.C.) by a new generation of historians and scholars working on the region. The book argues that despite its month-long existence in this geopolitically volatile region, the TDFR, with and its federative nature and the various discussions about federalism and federation that it provoked, continued to have an appeal for Georgians, Azerbaijanis, Armenians as well as for the Great Powers well beyond its dissolution. Moreover, the experience of the TDFR reifies federalism as a key political concept in the modern history of the Caucasus. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Caucasus Survey.

U.S. Military Engagement with Transcaucasia and Central Asia

Author : Stephen Blank
Publisher : Strategic Studies Institute
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book U.S. Military Engagement with Transcaucasia and Central Asia written by Stephen Blank and published by Strategic Studies Institute. This book was released on 2000 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Clinton administration has proclaimed a strategy to engage and enlarge the democratic community of states. By virtue of their strategic location adjacent to Russia, the Middle East, and Europe s periphery, and their large-scale oil and natural gas deposits, Transcaucasia and Central Asia have become important testing grounds of this strategy. The U.S. goal of irrevocably integrating these states into the Western state system economically, politically, and militarily has made them an intensifying focus of international rivalry with Russia. Moscow still perceives these areas as part of its sphere of interest and deeply resents U.S. engagement there. Furthermore, Moscow's current war with the breakaway province of Chechnya demonstrates its willingness to contest expanding U.S. interests forcefully. Moreover, in this region many factors exist that could cause other conflicts. Accordingly, it is a sensitive place to test the strategic rationale of the engagement strategy and its military corollary, a strategy whose goal is to shape the emerging environment in directions that we wish to see. This monograph contributes to the debate that has just begun and which undoubtedly will last for a long time over what our strategy for the new states should be and how it should be carried out.

Crossroads and Conflict

Author : Gary K. Bertsch
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136684522
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Crossroads and Conflict written by Gary K. Bertsch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's second largest reserves of petroleum lie beneath the land-locked Caspian Sea, making the Caucasus of vital importance to both regional and global economic and security interests. This book brings together experts from the US, Russia and the Caucasus to examine the issues of conflict, foreign policy tradeoffs, and security in the region. It takes into account the geopolitical factors, Western and Russian involvement, and the interaction between domestic and external pressures. Crossroads and Conflict looks at the challenges faced by these countries and examines the possibilities for future peace and prosperity in the region.

International Law in a Multipolar World

Author : Matthew Happold
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136631585
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book International Law in a Multipolar World written by Matthew Happold and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the implications of a multipolar world for the development of international law, including contributions from Nigel White, Alexander Orakhelashvili and Christian Pippan. The contributions explore issues including the use of force, governance, regionalism and the relevance of the UN, considering the relationship between power and law.

The Caspian Sea

Author : William Ascher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401140324
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Caspian Sea written by William Ascher and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is based on the presentations and deliberations of an Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) "Caspian Sea: A Quest for Environmental Security" that was held on March 15-19, 1999, in Venice (Italy). The Workshop was sponsored by the NATO's Division for Scientific and Environmental Affairs, with additional support provided by the Trust for Mutual Understanding (USA). It was organized by Duke University's Center for International Development Research with the guidance of the International Committee of scientists from Russia, United States. Georgia and Italy and organizational assistance rendered by Venice International University. The Caspian Sea region is of profound importance from the perspective of global and regional environmental security. New geopolitical and economic circumstances have created a mixture of competition. reluctant collaboration, and legal, political, economic and ideological wrangling. There is an intense debate over how the Caspian and its resources should be divided among littoral states and how these resources are to be developed. While most littoral states and the international companies strive to develop the area's immense hydrocarbon potential, it is clear that the Caspian's unique and fragile ecosystem is at risk.

Peoples and International Law

Author : James Summers
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9004154914
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Peoples and International Law written by James Summers and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 2007-08-13 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peoples and International Law is the most comprehensive current account of the right of self-determination in international law. The book examines the law of self-determination as the product of the interaction between nationalism and international law. This broad and interdisciplinary work charts this interaction through different aspects of the legal process – in international instruments, judicial decisions, legal obligations and historical context – critically and in extensive detail. The book is essential reading for those with an interest both in peoples’ rights in international law and the study of nationalism.

Russian Foreign Policy and the CIS

Author : Nicole J. Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134403593
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Russian Foreign Policy and the CIS written by Nicole J. Jackson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic study of Russian foreign policy and the separatist and civil military conflicts in the former Soviet republics following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in the EU, the Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus

Author : A. Ergun
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1614991871
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in the EU, the Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus written by A. Ergun and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cross-border cooperation is vital to overcoming obstacles to security building and the consolidation of stability, particularly in regions prone to political upheaval and conflict.This book presents papers from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop entitled “Security and Cross-Border Cooperation in the EU, Black Sea Region and Southern Caucasus”. This workshop was part of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme, and was held in Ankara, Turkey, in September 2011. It focused on developing a future research agenda, strengthening regional studies and increasing interdisciplinarity and the means to improve cross-border cooperation and was aimed at providing a comprehensive, interactive and interdisciplinary account of security building and cross-border cooperation in which domestic, regional and international dimensions were discussed. The book is divided into three sections. The first provides an analysis of the role of international and domestic actors in contributing to security building in the Euro-Atlantic, the Black Sea and the Southern Caucasus regions. The second section discusses the patterns of cross-border cooperation in Eastern and Central Europe and the wider Black Sea region, concentrating on Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia and the Russian Federation. With references to the nature of international involvement in conflict resolution, the last section focuses on cross-border cooperation in the Southern Caucasus, where conflicts have an enormous impact on nation-building, state-building and democratization, and where prospects for stability and a viable peace remain in serious question. This book is a valuable contribution to the literature on area studies, cross-border cooperation, security, and peace studies.

Small Nations and Great Powers

Author : Svante Cornell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135796688
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Small Nations and Great Powers written by Svante Cornell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the geographical, historical and ethno-linguistic framework of the Caucasus, focusing on the Russian incorporation of the region, the root most conflicts; analyses individual conflicts, from their origins to the attempts at resolving them; analyses the role of the three regional powers (Turkey, Iran and Russia); and sets out a synthesis of the Caucasian conflicts and a conclusion on the place of the Caucasus in world affairs.

War, Hunger, and Displacement:

Author : E. Wayne Nafziger
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191589136
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book War, Hunger, and Displacement: written by E. Wayne Nafziger and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-10-19 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the cold war, the number of civil wars in developing countries has escalated to the point where they are the most significant source of human suffering in the world today. Although there are many political analyses of these emergencies, this two-volume work is the first comprehensive study of the economic, social, and political roots of humanitarian emergencies, identifying early measures to prevent such disasters. Nafziger, Stewart, and V--auml--;yrynen draw on a wide range of specialists on the political economy of war and on major conflicts to show the causes of conflict. The first volume provides a general overview of the nature and causes of the emergencies, including economic, political, and environmental factors. The second volume provides detailed case studies of thirteen conflicts (including Rwanda, Burundi, the Congo, Afghanistan, and the Caucasus) that originated in the weakness of the state or where economic factors predominate. The volumes emphasize the significance of protracted economic stagnation and decline, high and increasing inequality, government exclusion of distinct social groups, state failure and predatory rule. They debunk beliefs recurrent in the literature that emergencies are the result of deteriorating environmental conditions, structural adjustment, and deep-seated ethnic animosity. By analysing the causes and prevention of war and humanitarian emergencies in developing countries, this work outlines a less costly alternative to the present strategy of the world community of spending millions of dollars annually to provide mediation, relief, and rehabilitation after the conflict occurs.

Making Ukraine

Author : Olena Palko
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228013348
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Making Ukraine written by Olena Palko and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the ongoing war in eastern Ukraine have brought scholarly and public attention to Ukraine’s borders. Making Ukraine aims to investigate the various processes of negotiation, delineation, and contestation that have shaped the country’s borders throughout the past century. Essays by contributors from various historical fields consider how, when, and under what conditions the borders that historically define the country were agreed upon. A diverse set of national and transnational contexts are explored, with a primary focus on the critical period between 1917 and 1954. Chapters are organized around three main themes: the interstate treaties that brought about the new international order in Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the world wars, the formation of the internal boundaries between Ukraine and other Soviet republics, and the delineation of Ukraine’s borders with its western neighbours. Investigating the process of bordering Ukraine in the post-Soviet era, contributors also pay close attention to the competing visions of future relations between Ukraine and Russia. Through its broad geographic and thematic coverage, Making Ukraine illustrates that the dynamics of contemporary border formation cannot be fully understood through the lens of a sole state, frontier, or ideology and sheds light on the shared history of territory and state formation in Europe and the wider modern world.

Turkish Foreign Policy Since 1774

Author : William M. Hale
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415599865
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Turkish Foreign Policy Since 1774 written by William M. Hale and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated version of William Hale's Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000 offers a comprehensive and analytical survey of Turkish foreign policy since the last quarter of the eighteenth century, when the Turks' relations with the rest of the world entered their most critical phase. In recent years Turkey's international role has changed and expanded dramatically, and the new edition revisits the chapters and topics covered in light of these changes. Drawing on newly available information and ideas, the author carefully alters the earlier historical narrative while preserving the clarity and accessibility of the original. Combining the long historical perspective with a detailed survey and analysis of the most recent developments, this book fills a clear gap in the literature on Turkey's modern history. For readers with a broader interest in international history, it also offers a crucial example of how a medium sized power has acted in the international environment.

The Caucasus

Author : Thomas De Waal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0190683082
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Caucasus written by Thomas De Waal and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of The Caucasus is a thorough update of an essential guide that has introduced thousands of readers to a complex region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the break-away territories that have tried to split away from them constitute one of the most diverse and challenging regions on earth, impressing the visitor with their multi-layered history and ethnic complexity. Over the last few years, the South Caucasus region has captured international attention again because of disputes between the West and Russia, its unresolved conflicts, and its role as an energy transport corridor to Europe. The Caucasus gives the reader a historical overview and an authoritative guide to the three conflicts that have blighted the region. Thomas de Waal tells the story of the "Five-Day War" between Georgia and Russia and recent political upheavals in all three countries. He also finds time to tell the reader about Georgian wine, Baku jazz and how the coast of Abkhazia was known as "Soviet Florida." Short, stimulating and rich in detail, The Caucasus is the perfect guide to this fascinating and little-understood region.

The Geographical Journal

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Geographical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.

Crisis in the Caucasus: Russia, Georgia and the West

Author : Paul B. Rich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317989120
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Crisis in the Caucasus: Russia, Georgia and the West written by Paul B. Rich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays by a series of academic specialists examines the crisis stemming from the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008 from a range of standpoints. The chapters probe the geopolitical and strategic dimensions of the crisis as well as the longer term military and diplomatic implications for Europe and the central Asian region. The collection will be of major importance to students of Russia and Eastern Europe, military analysts as well as journalists and politicians concerned with what some observers have termed a "new cold war" between Russia and the West. This book was published as a special issue of Small Wars and Insurgencies.

Turkey facing east

Author : Ayla Gol
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526103346
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Turkey facing east written by Ayla Gol and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkey facing east is about the importance of Turkey’s relations with its Eastern neighbours – Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Soviet Union – during the emergence of the modern Turkish nation-state from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire. The principal strength of this book is that it not only combines historical and theoretical arguments in order to provide a better understanding of the foreign relations of a predominantly Muslim country from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective, but it also applies the new approach to the analysis of Turkish foreign policy towards the South Caucasus between 1918 and 1921. Hence, it stands out with its original interdisciplinary approach to the Turkish transition and foreign policy-making that offers perspectives on the extant possibilities for the particular transitional states resulting from the Arab spring uprisings.