Essays about: "frozen conflict"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words frozen conflict.

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. REACHING ACROSS A CLOSED DIVIDE - Peacebuilding from below: a phenomenological study on the CSOs of Cyprus and the impact of regional tensions and COVID-19

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Verheij Tessa; [2021-06-23]
   Keywords : Cyprus; peacebuilding from below; civil society organizations; COVID-19;

   Abstract : Recent years saw several challenges to the conflict resolution of the protracted social conflict of Cyprus. Despite its frozen status, new challenges brought new opportunities for reconciliation. This study aims to contribute to the field of bottom-up peacebuilding. READ MORE

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

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   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

5. 4. The EU’s Constraints in Involvement of the Post- Soviet Frozen Conflicts : (A Comparative Case Study on the Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia Conflicts)

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

   Author : Mahira Mukhtarova; [2020]
   Keywords : Frozen Conflicts; the South Caucasus; EU constraints; Normative Power Europe and Neorealism.;

   Abstract : This thesis examines constraints of the EU’s engagement in the frozen conflicts of the South Caucasus, namely, the Abkhazia, the South Ossetia, and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts. The study begins with a puzzle in which the EU’s ambition for prioritizing the resolution of frozen conflicts mismatches with the reality related to the status quo of frozen conflicts. READ MORE

6. 5. Tracing Varieties of Peace : A case study on three approaches to peace in a frozen conflict

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Johanna Kolli; [2020]
   Keywords : Varieties of Peace; three approaches to studying peace; frozen conflicts; Abkhazia;

   Abstract : Scholars in the peace and conflict field oftentimes argue that peace is somewhat underconceptualised. The Varieties of Peace network has made a substantial effort in furthering the conceptualisation of peace by creating a comprehensive framework, theorising peace as three different approaches: situational, relational and ideational. READ MORE