New Caucasus : Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

by Herzig, Edmund

• ISBN13: 9781855675520
• ISBN10: 1855675528
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
Geography and history	p. 1
The Caucasus today	p. 4
Politics	p. 6
Nationalism in the Caucasus	p. 6
The struggle for independence	p. 11
Regime consolidation	p. 15
Transition to democracy?	p. 23
Politics and society	p. 36
Prospects for political stability	p. 41
Conflicts and security	p. 44
Internal issues	p. 44
External threats and engagement in Caucasian security	p. 47
The development of security policies and military forces	p. 53
The North Caucasus	p. 56
Conflicts	p. 59
Karabagh	p. 65
South Ossetia	p. 73
Abkhazia	p. 76
International relations	p. 84
Locating the Caucasus in the international system	p. 84
Factors	p. 85
Actors	p. 93
Economy	p. 119
The Soviet and post-Soviet context	p. 120
Macroeconomic development	p. 122
Production	p. 128
Conclusion	p. 147
Notes	p. 150
Further reading	p. 163
About the author	p. 166
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