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Thirty years have passed since the emergence of the first conflicts in the Soviet Union. Some of them have been successfully resolved, but those that persist promise no peace for Russia and its neighbors.
List 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 Qas¿ml¿
Chapter Twelve
Tatarstan: A Model of Peaceful Relations or Potential Spot of Conflict
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
About the author
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 Qasimli; Lasha Tchantouridze; Zurab Tc
