Conflict in the former USSR /

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Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012, ©2012.
Description:	xv, 245 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	National security -- Former Soviet republics. Security, International. Political stability -- Former Soviet republics. Violence -- Former Soviet republics. Ethnic conflict -- Former Soviet republics. Social conflict -- Former Soviet republics. Ethnic conflict. Ethnic relations. National security. Political stability. Politics and government. Security, International. Social conditions. Social conflict. Violence. Former Soviet republics -- History, Military. Former Soviet republics -- Politics and government. Former Soviet republics -- Ethnic relations. Former Soviet republics -- Social conditions. Soviet Union -- Former Soviet republics. Military history.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8922747

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Other authors / contributors:	Sussex, Matthew, editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9780521763103 (hbk. : alk. paper) 052176310X (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780521135283 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0521135281 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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"--

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: understanding conflict in the former USSR
2. The return of imperial Russia
3. The shape of the security order in the former USSR
4. Great powers and small wars in the Caucasus
5. The Russo-Georgian war: identity, intervention and norm adaptation
6. Why not more conflict in the former USSR? Russia and Central Asia as a zone of relative peace
7. Transnational crime, corruption and conflict in Russia and the FSU
8. The transformation of war? New and old conflicts in the former USSR
9. Conclusions: the future of conflict in the former USSR

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