Fear, Weakness and Power in the Post-Soviet South Caucasus

A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-43938-6
Verlag: Springer Nature B.V.

Buch, Englisch, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 337 g

Reihe: New Security Challenges

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oskanien, K.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Kevork Oskanian currently teaches at the University of Westminster, UK. He received his PhD from London School of Economics, UK and has formerly edited Millenium Journal of International Studies. His research interests include the politics of the Former Soviet Union, constructivism, the English School, regionalism, and state incoherence.