Conflict Resolution after the Georgia-Russia War of 2008

260
DOI: 10.20542/0131-2227-2011-4-89-104

B. Coppiters, Free University Brussels, Belgium, Brussels (Bruno.Coppieters@vub.as.be)

Abstract. The paper shows that there is a similarity on the level of principles between the Georgian strategy of engagement and the Taiwan model insofar as the expressed readiness to interact and cooperate independently from the setbacks concerning the question of status. But, contrary the Taiwan model, the Georgian strategy includes no concrete view how and to which extent the authorities controlling the breakaway territories should be engaged, and particularly how to have a positive impact on their relations with the outside world. The paper further demonstrates that the Russian authorities have made largely use of the moral and legal arguments to be found in the recognition of Kosovo when they decided to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia in August 2008. They have also increased their political oversight over these two entities and integrated them even more closely into their own economic and military space. There are thus close parallels to be made with the Kosovo model, but Russia is unable to exert a conflict resolution policy towards Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Georgia that is based on regional integration prospects.

Keywords: Abkhazia, South Ossetia, separatism, secession, model, permissions, conflict, Taiwanese model, Kosovo model, transformation of conflicts


Registered in System SCIENCE INDEX

For citation:
Coppiters B. Conflict Resolution after the Georgia-Russia War of 2008. World Eсonomy and International Relations, 2011, no. 4, pp. 89-104. https://doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2011-4-89-104



Comments (0)

No comments

Add comment







Indexed

 

 

 

 

Dear authors! Please note that in the VAK List of peer-reviewed scientific journals, in which the main scientific results of dissertations for the degree of candidate and doctor of sciences should be published for the “MEMO Journal” the following specialties are recorded:
economic sciences:
5.2.5. World Economy.
5.2.1. Economic Theory
5.2.3. Regional and Branch Economics
political sciences:
5.5.4. International Relations
5.5.1. History and Theory of Politics
5.5.2. Political Institutions, Processes, Technologies

 

Current Issue
2024, vol. 68, No. 3
Topical Themes of the Issue:
  • Bretton Woods 2.0: Towards a New Global Financial Architecture
  • Transformation of the EU Political Party System on the Eve of the 2024 European Election
  • South Asia in Regional and World Politics
Submit an Article
INVITATION FOR PUBLICATION
The Editorial Board invites authors to write analytical articles on the following topics:
  • changes in the processes of globalization in modern conditions
  • formation of the new world order
  • shifts in civilization at the stage of transition to a digital society

The editors are also interested in publishing synthesis articles / scientific reviews revealing the main trends in the development of certain regions of the world - Latin America, Africa, South Asia, etc.