Fear, Weakness and Power in the Post-Soviet South Caucasus [electronic resource] : A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis /
Oskanian, Kevork.author.
This book provides a multi-level analysis of international security in the South Caucasus. Using an expanded and adapted version of Regional Security Complex Theory, it studies both material conditions and discourses of insecurity in its assessment of the region's possible transition towards a more peaceable future.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- Geopolitical Map of the Caucasus -- Timeline of Events in the South Caucasus 1988-2009 -- A Note on Transliteration and Toponymy List of Acronyms and Abbreviations List of Interviewees -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Amity and Enmity in its Regional Context -- 3. State Incoherence as Weakness, Instability and Failure -- 4. Great Powers and Their Regional Entanglements -- 5. A Macro-View of the Southern Caucasus -- 6. Discourses of Conflict in the Southern Caucasus -- 7. State Incoherence in Southern Caucasia -- 8. The Great Powers and The Southern Caucasus -- 9. The South Caucasus Regional Insecurity Complex.
This book provides a multi-level analysis of international security in the South Caucasus. Using an expanded and adapted version of Regional Security Complex Theory, it studies both material conditions and discourses of insecurity in its assessment of the region's possible transition towards a more peaceable future.
International relations.
Peace.
Russia-Politics and government.
Politics and war.
Political science.
World politics.
International Relations.
Conflict Studies.
Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.
Military and Defence Studies.
Political Science.
Political History.