Essays about: "georgia war why"

Found 3 essays containing the words georgia war why.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Here I Stand, and Here I’ll Stay : Explaining Small State Decisions to Resist Unilateral Intervention

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Emil Petersson; [2017]
    Keywords : Extended deterrence; internationalized civil war; small states; regime type; Georgia; Ukraine;

    Abstract : This thesis attempts to explain why some domestic crises escalate to internationalized civil war, while others do not. Existing research on unilateral intervention in civil war does not pay sufficient attention to the dyadic nature of conflict, and the decision by an actor to resist intervention. READ MORE

  4. 3. It's Not All Roses Georgian Defence Reforms since the Rose Revolution

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hedvig Lohm; [2006]
    Keywords : Weak states; legitimacy; state strength dilemma; democratic revolutions; civil-military relations; Georgia; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As a consequence of the Rose Revolution in November 2003 a new, energetic government entered office in Post-Soviet Georgia. This thesis takes the case of recent Georgian defence reforms to analyse the problematic sides of reforming a weak state. The theoretical starting point is Kalevi J. READ MORE