Essays about: "frozen conflicts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words frozen conflicts.

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. 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

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Unrecognized peace in unrecognized states : An analysis of the relation between post-war peaceand state processes in Nagorno Karabakh

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alma Livingstone; [2020]
   Keywords : Peacebuilding; State building; Peace formation; State formation; Nagorno Karabakh; Azerbaijan; Caucasus; Frozen conflicts; de facto states;

   Abstract : After the fall of the Soviet Union a number of violent ethnic disputes were concluded through the establishment of ceasefires but have yet to be finalized through peace accords. This development resulted in the creation of de facto states in a setting known as ‘frozen conflicts’. READ MORE

6. 5. The extraterritorial application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention against Torture in frozen conflict regions as a tool of ensuring the prohibition of torture — the cases of Transnistria and Abkhazia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Lidia Carchilan; [2019]
   Keywords : frozen conflict; grey zones; extraterritoriality; jurisdiction; state responsibility; torture; de facto governments; effective control; Transnistria; Abkhazia; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The existence of frozen conflicts in Europe are posing difficulties in the application of international human rights treaties. This is due to, de facto governments of break-away regions not cooperating with international mechanisms and refusing to comply with regional and international instruments. READ MORE