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The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus


The New Geopolitics of the South Caucasus

Prospects for Regional Cooperation and Conflict Resolution
Contemporary Central Asia: Societies, Politics, and Cultures

von: Shireen T. Hunter, Bulent Aras, Richard Giragosian, Mohammad Homayounvash, Richard D. Kauzlarich, Sergey Markedonov, Eldar Mamedov, Mohaiddin Mesbahi, Nona Mikhelidze, Ghia Nodia

109,99 €

Verlag: Lexington Books
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 22.09.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9781498564977
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 304

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<span><span>This collection surveys the three South Caucasian states’ economic, social and political evolution since their independence in 1991. It assesses their successes and failures in these areas, including their attempts to build new national identities and value systems to replace Soviet-era structures. It explains the interplay of domestic and international factors that have affected their performance and influenced the balance of their successes and shortcomings. It focuses on the policies pursued by key regional and international actors towards the region and assesses the effects of regional and international rivalries on these states’ development, as well as on the prospects for regional cooperation and conflict resolution. Finally, it analyzes a number regional and international developments which could affect the future trajectory of these states’ evolution.</span></span>
<span><span>This collection examines the social, economic, and political evolution of the South Caucasian states of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The contributors analyze the creation of new national identities and value systems, institution-building, and the influence of regional and international actors.</span></span>
<span><span>Introduction, </span><span>Shireen T. Hunter</span></span>
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<span><span>Part I: Country Studies</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 1: Twenty-Five Years On: Armenia’s Difficult Period of State-Building, </span><span>Richard Giragosian</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 2: Azerbaijan Twenty-Five Years after Independence: Accomplishments and Shortcomings, </span><span>Eldar Mamedov</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 3: Georgia’s pro-Western Policies: An Obsession or a pragmatic Choice, </span><span>Ghia Nodia</span></span>
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<span><span>Part II: Policies of International and Regional Actors</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 4: US Policy towards the South Caucasus: Reform, Prosperity, Democracy, </span><span>Richard Kauzlarich</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 5: Russian Policy towards the South Caucasus: Security, Unity, and Diversity, </span><span>Sergey Markedonov</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 6: The South Caucasus in the European Union’s Perspective: Not a Single Region, </span><span>Nona Mikhelidze</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 7: Turkey’s Policy towards the South Caucasus: Expectations, Failures and Achievements, </span><span>Bulent Aras</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 8: Iran and the Changing Geopolitics of the South Caucasus, </span><span>Mohaiddin Mesbahi and Mohammad Homayounvash</span></span>
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<span><span>Chapter 9: Middle East Actors and Politics: Impact on the South Caucasus, </span><span>Shireen T. Hunter</span></span>
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<span><span>Conclusion, </span><span>Shireen T. Hunter</span></span>
<span><span>Shireen T. Hunter</span><span> is research professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.</span></span>

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