Beschreibung
Despite the efforts of the international community, most of the armed conflicts triggered by the breakup of the Soviet Union have not been resolved. This volume strives to cast a fresh look at the protracted conflicts and to identify factors promoting or preventing their settlement or transformation.
Autorenportrait
Hans-Georg Heinrich is Professor emeritus at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna (Austria), and Vice-President of the International Center for Advanced and Comparative EU-Russia/NIS Research (ICEUR Vienna). He has authored and edited several books on Post-Soviet politics and served in field presences of international organizations in various transition countries.
Inhalt
Contents: Post-Soviet protracted («frozen») conflicts – Case studies: The Moldavian/Transnistrian, Georgian/South Ossetian and Abkhazian and the Karabakh conflicts – Role and conduct of the international community.