The Conflict Potential of the South Caucasus: Geopolitical Dimension

Contents

7

Introduction

9

Chapter One
The Conflict in South Ossetia: History, Diplomacy and the War

13

Chapter Two
The Abkhazian Conflict: Background, Development, and the Current Stage

45

Chapter Three
Samtskhe-Javakheti/ Javakhk in the Context of the Regional Policy

75

Chapter Four
The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict: Balancing on the Brink of War

99

Chapter Five
The Islamic Factor through the Prism of the Nagorno Karabakh Conflict

139

Chapter Six
The Policy of Non-regional actors in the South Caucasus: the Conflict Potential

161

Conclusion

209


Appendix 1
The Military and Military-technological Cooperation of Russia with Abkhazia and South Ossetia

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Appendix 2

217

Bibliography

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About the Authors

235