Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh: unfrozen conflicts between Russia and the West
Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Nagorno-Karabakh: unfrozen conflicts between Russia and the West
Author(s): Wojciech Bartuzi, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Krzysztof Strachota
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Geopolitics
Published by: OSW Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia
Keywords: Abkhazia; South Ossetia; Nagorno-Karabakh
Summary/Abstract: The Southern Caucasus is the site of three armed conflicts with separatist backgrounds, which have remained unsolved for years: the conflicts in Georgia's Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and Azerbaijan's conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh (including the areas around Nagorno-Karabakh which were seized by Armenian separatists in the course of the war). Neither Georgia nor Azerbaijan have had any control over the disputed areas since the early 1990s. Both states are simultaneously in conflict with the separatists' informal patrons, respectively Russia and Armenia.
Series: OSW Reports
- Page Count: 7
- Publication Year: 2008
- Language: English
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