Post-Soviet Conflicts Revisited

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.

Autorentext
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.