Essays about: "Abkhazia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word Abkhazia.

  1. 1. Russia as a mediator in international armed conflicts: the use of mediation and coercion as an instrument for Russian foreign policy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Paraskevi Palivani; [2023]
    Keywords : Mediation; Coercion; Russian foreign policy; Realism; Near Abroad; Far Abroad; Case Study; Georgia-Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh; Syria; CAR;

    Abstract : Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, mediation in armed conflicts have become a popular way of conflict resolution and a valuable tool for states to promote their interests.The paper argues that mediation has been instrumentalised by Russia and has been used as atool in expanding Russian foreign policy in the Russian Near and Far Abroad. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Russian Playbook : Using History & Path Dependence to Analyse How Russia Operationalises Grand Strategy in Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Justine Westbrook; [2023]
    Keywords : Russia; Security; International Relations; Conflict; History; Path Dependence; Georgia; Ukraine; Moldova; War; Historical Institutionalism; USSR; Post-Soviet; Deception; Russian Influence; Weaponization; Weaponisation; Donba; South Ossetia; Crimea; Transnistria; Pridnestrovia; Russian Grand Strategy; Abkhazia; Frozen Conflict; Playbook;

    Abstract : To predict and prevent future armed conflicts like Russia’s war against Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2022, there is more value in knowing how these wars occurred rather than why they occurred. The Russian Playbook is built from three distinct “plays” employed by Moscow and organised in the theoretical framework of Historical Institutionalism through Path Dependence modelling. READ MORE

  4. 3. Abkhazia and Russia: A Role Theory Analysis : A Qualitative Study of the Relationship Between a De Facto State and its Patron

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Linderfalk; [2022]
    Keywords : Role theory; Abkhazia; Russia; patron-client relationships; role coherence; passive strategy;

    Abstract : This paper investigates why patron states choose to adopt a passive strategy in relation to de facto states. Pål Kolstø from the University of Oslo has claimed that this strategy is based on the assumption that de facto states have nowhere else to turn. In this thesis, role theory is used to expand this claim. READ MORE

  5. 4. The European Union and Georgia : An Effective Approach to Conflict Resolution?

    University essay from

    Author : Pascal Jahn; [2020]
    Keywords : Georgia; Effectiveness; Conflict Resolution;

    Abstract : Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the two de-facto regimes of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have fought actively for their independence from Georgia and international recognition, until the conflict in the Southern Caucasus has reached a frozen status quo in 2008. To maintain peace in the region and to ultimately achieve a resolution of the conflict, the European Union (EU) has become actively involved as an external mediator and has introduced several bilateral agreements and monitoring measures. READ MORE

  6. 5. Women’s narratives on (in)security in Abkhazia : Theorizing abortion rights as a security issue 

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Maja Skogh; [2020]
    Keywords : women s security; abortion rights; Abkhazia; feminist security theory;

    Abstract : This thesis is set out to examine how women in Abkhazia understand their own (in)security and to explore how the participating women understand the prohibition of abortions that is implemented in the breakaway region. Furthermore, the study seeks to, based on the empirical findings, theorize abortion rights as a security issue. READ MORE