The new geopolitics of the South Caucasus : prospects for regional cooperation and conflict resolution
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The new geopolitics of the South Caucasus : prospects for regional cooperation and conflict resolution
(Contemporary central Asia : societies, politics, and cultures / series editor Marlene Laruelle)
Lexington Books, c2017
- : hbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 257-260
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Shireen T. Hunter
Part I: Country Studies
Chapter 1: Twenty-Five Years On: Armenia's Difficult Period of State-Building, Richard Giragosian
Chapter 2: Azerbaijan Twenty-Five Years after Independence: Accomplishments and Shortcomings, Eldar Mamedov
Chapter 3: Georgia's pro-Western Policies: An Obsession or a pragmatic Choice, Ghia Nodia
Part II: Policies of International and Regional Actors
Chapter 4: US Policy towards the South Caucasus: Reform, Prosperity, Democracy, Richard Kauzlarich
Chapter 5: Russian Policy towards the South Caucasus: Security, Unity, and Diversity, Sergey Markedonov
Chapter 6: The South Caucasus in the European Union's Perspective: Not a Single Region, Nona Mikhelidze
Chapter 7: Turkey's Policy towards the South Caucasus: Expectations, Failures and Achievements, Bulent Aras
Chapter 8: Iran and the Changing Geopolitics of the South Caucasus, Mohaiddin Mesbahi and Mohammad Homayounvash
Chapter 9: Middle East Actors and Politics: Impact on the South Caucasus, Shireen T. Hunter
Conclusion, Shireen T. Hunter
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