Managing Conflict in the Former Soviet Union - Russian and American Perspectives

Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, numerous ethnic and internal conflicts have emerged within and between the former Soviet republics. Vicious fighting has flared up in Georgia, Chechnya, Tajikistan, Moldova, and other areas, and tensions remain high in many of the newly independent states. Their causes are often misunderstood, and U.S. policymakers have paid little attention to their resolution.This collaborative effort by Russian and American scholars documents Russian policy toward ethno-national conflict in its "near-abroad," American policy toward these conflicts, and the attempts of international organizations to prevent and resolve them. Case studies consider the causes, dynamics, and prospects of conflicts in Latvia, the Crimea, the Trans-dneistr region of Moldova, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and the region of North Ossetia and Ingushetia.Contributors: Nadia Alexandrova-Arbatova, Alexei Arbatov, Vladimir Barsamov, Brian J. Boeck, Abram Chayes, Antonia Handler Chayes, Henry Hale, Michael Lysobey, Arthur G. Matirosyan, David Mendeloff, Laura Olson, Olga Osipova, Edward Ozhiganov, Tonya Putnam, George Raach, Brian D. Taylor, Alexander Yusupovsky"CSIA Studies in International Security"

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Antonia Chayes is Visiting Professor of International Politics and Law. She taught at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, and the Harvard Law School. She chairs the Project on International Institutions and Conflict Management at the Program on Negotiation at the Harvard Law School.

Summary

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, numerous ethnic and international conflicts have emerged within and between former Soviet republics. This text documents Russian policy toward ethno-national conflict, American policy toward these conflicts, and the international attempts to resolve them.

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• Authors: Alexei Arabatov, Alexei G. Chayes Arbatov
• Assisted by: Alexei Arbatov (Editor), Alexei G. Arbatov (Editor), Abram Chayes (Editor), Antonia Handler Chayes (Editor), Antonia Handler (Visitng Professor of International Politics and Law Chayes (Editor), Lara Olson (Editor)
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.11.1997
• EAN: 9780262510936
• ISBN: 978-0-262-51093-6
• No. of pages: 574
• Series: Belfer Center Studies in International Security; CSIA Studies in International; Managing Conflict in the Former Soviet Union; Belfer Center Studies in International Security; Belfer Center Studies in Inter
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education