Conflict in the Former Ussr

Informationen zum Autor Dr Matthew Sussex holds a PhD from the University of Melbourne (2001) and completed his undergraduate and Honours qualifications at the University of Queensland. He is currently Senior Lecturer in the School of Government, University of Tasmania, where he coordinates that institution's International Relations programme. His research interests include international security, Russian politics and foreign policy, strategic studies, European politics and international relations theory. Klappentext This book examines a major concern in international security: the nature and causes of conflict in the former Soviet Union. Zusammenfassung This book is the most up-to-date and authoritative examination of war and conflict in the former USSR currently available. Covering pressing issues such as war! international security! counter-terrorism! and crime and corruption in the former USSR! it is an invaluable resource for researchers! policy professionals and students alike. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: understanding conflict in the former USSR Matthew Sussex; 2. The return of imperial Russia Roger E. Kanet; 3. The shape of the security order in the former USSR Matthew Sussex; 4. Great powers and small wars in the Caucasus Richard Sakwa; 5. The Russo-Georgian war: identity! intervention and norm adaptation Beat Kernen and Matthew Sussex; 6. Why not more conflict in the former USSR? Russia and Central Asia as a zone of relative peace Neil Robinson; 7. Transnational crime! corruption and conflict in Russia and the former USSR Leslie Holmes; 8. The transformation of war? New and old conflicts in the former USSR Matt Killingsworth; 9. Conclusions: the future of conflict in the former USSR Matthew Sussex.

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Matthew Sussex, Matthew Sussex, Matthew (University of Tasmania) Sussex, SUSSEX MATTHEW
• Assisted by: Dr. Matthew Sussex (Editor), Matthew Sussex (Editor), Matthew (University of Tasmania) Sussex (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.10.2012
• EAN: 9780521763103
• ISBN: 978-0-521-76310-3
• No. of pages: 261
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, Peace studies & conflict resolution, USSR, Soviet Union, Armed Conflict