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Post-Soviet Conflicts

The Thirty Years’ Crisis

Edited by Ali Askerov; Stefan Brooks and Lasha Tchantouridze - Contributions by Ali Askerov; Stefan Brooks; Idil P. Izmirli; Joldon Kutmanaliev; S. Neil MacFarlane; David Matsaberidze; Malte Müller; Sait Ocakli; Musa Qasımlı; Lasha Tchantouridze; Zurab Tchiaberashvili; Kamala Valiyeva; Mairbek Vatchagaev; Robert Bruce Ware and Sam Whitt

In the 30 years since the emergence of the post-Soviet conflicts things have both changed and remained the same – continuities and changes in post-Soviet conflicts are the primary themes of this volume – it addresses all major wars, civil wars, and rebellions in the former Soviet Union. The volume focuses on factors that have contributed or may contribute to the resolution of the post-Soviet conflicts, most of which have represented rather long and damaging crises. In all conflict cases Moscow has been guided by Russian state interests – some have been instigated or fueled, others driven to a frozen state, and still a couple of others have been constructively resolved due to Moscow’s intervention. Russia has used a long-term strategy for the resolution of those conflicts that have taken place on its soil, but in regards to the conflicts in other post-Soviet states, there is no long-term solution in sight. As such, the conflicts in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and Nagorniy Karabakh, remain unresolved involving not only the named states, but Russia as well. They may represent localized national or regional crisis impacting only the states involved, but for the Russian Federation they epitomize one huge post-Soviet crisis with no obvious end.

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Pages: 398 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-4985-9654-1 • Hardback • October 2020 • $146.00 • (£112.00)

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Subjects: Political Science / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Political Science / International Relations / General

Post-Soviet Conflicts

The Thirty Years’ Crisis

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Summary

In the 30 years since the emergence of the post-Soviet conflicts things have both changed and remained the same – continuities and changes in post-Soviet conflicts are the primary themes of this volume – it addresses all major wars, civil wars, and rebellions in the former Soviet Union. The volume focuses on factors that have contributed or may contribute to the resolution of the post-Soviet conflicts, most of which have represented rather long and damaging crises. In all conflict cases Moscow has been guided by Russian state interests – some have been instigated or fueled, others driven to a frozen state, and still a couple of others have been constructively resolved due to Moscow’s intervention. Russia has used a long-term strategy for the resolution of those conflicts that have taken place on its soil, but in regards to the conflicts in other post-Soviet states, there is no long-term solution in sight. As such, the conflicts in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, and Nagorniy Karabakh, remain unresolved involving not only the named states, but Russia as well. They may represent localized national or regional crisis impacting only the states involved, but for the Russian Federation they epitomize one huge post-Soviet crisis with no obvious end.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 398 • Trim: 6½ x 9

978-1-4985-9654-1 • Hardback • October 2020 • $146.00 • (£112.00)

978-1-4985-9656-5 • Paperback • August 2022 • $45.99 • (£35.00)

978-1-4985-9655-8 • eBook • October 2020 • $40.50 • (£30.00)

Subjects: Political Science / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Political Science / International Relations / General

Author

Ali Askerov is associate professor in the department of peace and conflict studies at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

Stefan Brooks is associate professor of Homeland Security at Rabdan Academy.

Lasha Tchantouridzé is professor of diplomacy and international relations at Norwich University – Military College of Vermont.

Table of Contents

The Post-Soviet Crisis
Ali Askerov, Stefan Brooks, and Lasha Tchantouridzé

Chapter One
The Rise of Putin’s Russia and the post-Soviet Conflicts
Stefan Brooks

Chapter Two
Georgia’s Changing Strategic Situation
S. Neil MacFarlane

Chapter Three
The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict: The Beginning of the Soviet End
Ali Askerov

Chapter Four
Legitimacy and Force In The Conflict Over South Ossetia
Lasha Tchantouridzé

Chapter Five
The Conflict Over Abkhazia: Mutually Exclusive National Projects and Fragmented Statehood
David Matsaberidze
Chapter Six
Ajara: A Case in Conflict Avoidance
Zurab Tchiaberashvili

Chapter Seven
Chechnya: Interrupted Independence
Ali Askerov & Mairbek Vatchagaev

Chapter Eight
Dagestan: A Silent War
Robert Bruce Ware

Chapter Nine
Long-term Effects of Wartime Violence in Tajikistan
Malte Müller and Sam Whitt

Chapter Ten
Communal Violence in Kyrgyzstan
Joldon Kutmanaliev

Chapter Eleven
Caspian Sea Dispute
Musa Qasımlı

Chapter Twelve
Tatarstan: A Model of Peaceful Relations or Potential Spot of Conflict in Eurasia
Sait Ocakli

Chapter Thirteen
Moldova’s Breakaway Transnistria: The Origins, Nature and Current Dynamics
Kamala Valiyeva

Chapter Fourteen
Ukraine Between ‘The Russian World’ and the Black Sea
Lasha Tchantouridzé

Chapter Fifteen
Occupied Territory, Interrupted Dreams, And Shattered Hopes: A Trilogy of Traumas of the Crimean Tatar People
Idil P. Izmirli

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