Title: Conflict in the former USSR
Description: "Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, conflict in the former USSR has been a key concern in international security. This book fills a gap in the literature on violent conflict, evaluating a region that contains all the modern ingredients for instability and aggression. Bringing together leading experts on war and security, the book addresses current debates in international relations about power, interests, globalisation, and the politics of identity as major drivers of contemporary war. Incidents such as the 2008 Russo-Georgian conflict, the wars in Chechnya, and Russia's struggles over national identity and resources with the Ukraine and Moldova over the Crimea and the Trans-Dneister are all thoroughly examined. With new issues like energy security, terrorism and transnational crime, and older tensions between East and West threatening to deepen once more, this is an important contribution to the international security literature"--
Subjects: Politics and government, National security, Military History, Violence, Ethnic relations, International Security, Political stability, Social conflict, Social conditions, Ethnic conflict, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International, National security, europe, Soviet union, politics and government, 1985-1991, Soviet union, social conditions, 1945-1991
Places: Former Soviet republics