"Frozen conflicts" in Europe / / Anton Bebler
Oft forgotten but simmering "frozen conflicts" continuously mark the political map of Europe. All located in South Eastern Europe, the Black Sea area and Transcaucasia, these conflicts run along ethnic, national, cultural and linguistic lines, separating communities. This insightful book o...
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| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover ; "Frozen conflicts" in Europe; Table of contents; Introduction; Republic of Cyprus vs. Northern Cyprus; The Cyprus Problem; Introduction; History of the Cyprus Problem; Current Issues of Contention; Settlement Prospects; Conclusion; Comments; Recommendations; Moldova vs. Transnistria; The Transnistrian conflict; Proposed solutions and bilateral developments; The European Union's role; The Russian Federation's and Ukraine's roles; Poor prospects of a setlement; OSCE's efforts to resolve the conflict; The efforts of the Irish chairmanship; OSCE efforts; Suggested a way forward
- Georgia vs. Abkhazia and Southern OssetiaThe conflict in and over Abkhazia; Political geography; The origins of ethno-political conflict; Abkhazia: from Soviet autonomy to a de facto state; The Georgian-Abkhazian Armed Conflict; The peace process from 1993-2004: Failures and Successes; Unfreezing the Conflict: 2004-2008; After Recognition: New Realities and New Challenges; The author's publications; Comments; The South Ossetia conflict; Comments; Recommendations; Azerbaijan vs. Nagorny Karabakh; The elusive search for resolution of the NagornyKarabakh dispute; A Soviet Legacy
- An Issue of IdentityA Political Instrument; Nobody's Backyard, Everybody's Problem; Some Reasons still to Hope; Comments; Comments; Recommendations; Serbia vs. Kosovo; The Serbia-Kosovo conflict; Kosovo as Serbia's war booty and nagging problem; Kosovo as Yugoslavia's thorny problem; Kosovo as an issue of international politics since the 1990s; Kosovo's proclamation of independence and its presentstatus; The relations between Kosovo and Serbia; The normalization agreements between Kosovo and Serbia; The Kosovo Serbs and normalization; Serbia's Recognizing Realities; Ukraine vs. Russia
- Crimea and the Ukrainian-Russian conflictThe historic background of the conflict; The legal status of Crimea from 1917 to 2014; Crimea's secession from Ukraine and its annexation by the Russian Federation; Crimea, the war in mainland Ukraine and the international community; List of contributors; Index