Small Nations and Great Powers: A Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict in the CaucasusRoutledge, 2005 M06 28 - 480 pages Introduces the geographical, historical and ethno-linguistic framework of the Caucasus, focusing on the Russian incorporation of the region, the root most conflicts; analyses individual conflicts, from their origins to the attempts at resolving them; analyses the role of the three regional powers (Turkey, Iran and Russia); and sets out a synthesis of the Caucasian conflicts and a conclusion on the place of the Caucasus in world affairs. |
Contents
a region in conflict | 1 |
underlying factors in the Caucasian conflicts | 11 |
3 The ArmenianAzerbaijani conflict over NagornoKarabakh | 47 |
from unitary dreams to an asymmetric federation? | 129 |
5 Russias war with Chechnya | 185 |
6 Conflicts in the North Caucasus | 241 |
priority to Azerbaijan | 275 |
a reluctant neighbour | 307 |
a retreating hegemonic power | 323 |
towards engagement | 357 |
from backwater to centrestage? | 383 |
Notes | 403 |
| 457 | |
| 477 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abkhaz Abkhazia Ajaria Aliyev armed Armenian army autonomy Azerbaijan Azeri Baku border Caspian ceasefire Central Asia Chechen Chechnya claim conflict Dagestan despite Dudayev economic Elchibey ethnic fact factor forces foreign policy former Soviet Gamsakhurdia geopolitical Georgia groups Grozny Hence Human Rights Husseinov identity important independence influence Ingush interests involvement Iran Iranian Islamic issue Javakheti Karabakh Karabakh Armenians leaders leadership Lezgins March mediation Meskhetian Turks minorities Monitor Moscow Muslim Nagorno Nagorno-Karabakh Nakhchivan negotiations nevertheless North Caucasian North Caucasus October official ofthe OMRI Daily Digest OSCE Ossetian parties peace peacekeeping pipeline political population President Prigorodniy problem refugees regime region relations Report republic RFE/RL role Russian Federation Russian military seems September Shevardnadze situation solution South Ossetia Soviet Union status strategic Sukhumi Tbilisi territory Thomas Goltz Transcaucasia treaty troops Turkey Turkey’s Turkic Turkish Western whereas Yeltsin Yerevan