... Mikheil Saakashvili’s regime transformed from a revolutionary liberation force into a totalitarian and repressive one, while at the same time drove the country into a Russian trade embargo and spurred Moscow to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. As a philanthropist rather than a politician, Ivanishvili sought to solve the country’s socioeconomic problems through a campaign for a legal transfer of power in Georgia, focusing on lifting illegitimate government pressure from businesses....
... such as Russia and Turkey in the crisis resulted in the OSCE mechanisms losing their previous significance in resolving the conflict, and in order to maintain them, they had to find a new role in the changed conditions [
2
] .
The OSCE in Resolving the South Ossetian Crisis: Mission Closed
Ivan Timofeev, Sabine Fischer:
EU-Russia in 2030: Alternatives Scenarios
The OSCE was involved in resolving the conflict in South Ossetia when the main mechanisms for its settlement had already been formed. This ...
... aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Andrey Kortunov:
The Liberal Project and Its Relevance for Armenia
Nagorno-Karabakh is the latest example, as most of the ethnic quarrels in the South Caucasus are still ongoing since 1991, with Abkhazia and South Ossetia remaining
de facto
[
1
] independent from Georgia, while only one of the three recognized countries (Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan), Armenia, has managed to join a supranational framework [
2
].
In over three decades, the political-economic ...
... any support to Russia’s diplomacy in the Black Sea (Crimea, Abkhazia and South-Ossetia) and the Middle East (Syria). To date, China does not recognize the Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, and has rejected offers to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent countries.
This research paper will focus on two reports — CIA National Intelligence Estimate (1999) "
China-Taiwan: Prospects for Cross-Strait Relations
" and CIA National Intelligence Estimate (2000) "
Russian-Chinese ...
... 2016, the threat still remains. One such aspect is the fact that the Russian-Turkish relationship has acquired a pragmatic nature (the genuine improvement of relations between the two countries is a distant prospect yet).
The conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia are being transformed, with the main problem there now being internal development, rather than a confrontation with Georgia. After Moscow recognized Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence, it actually became their guarantor and patron....
... comprises the internationally recognized borders of Georgia today. Since 1800, Russia dominated the country and has been nearly the sole major outside actor involved in these ethnic conflicts, and in recent years has acted to allow both Abkhazia and South Ossetia to become de facto independent from Georgia and to become de facto parts of the Russian Federation. After the period of the rule of the Czars over the Russian Empire ended, the ethnic minorities in Georgia competed for favor and power to ...
May 26, 2016, following a sitting of the Political Council under the RSO President, South Ossetian president Leonid Tibilov and parliament speaker Anatoly Bibilov
signed
a statement on the 2017 referendum on South Ossetia’s joining the Russian Federation. Earlier, the RSO government
had been planning
to hold the referendum before ...
... the constant threat of revenge on the part of the “mother country,” involving international interference (or at least the tacit support of powerful external forces)
[6]
. The conflict has its roots in this distrust of the Abkhazians and South Ossetians of the West, of international institutions and of security guarantees from them. This explains the geopolitical choice of these de facto entities in favor of Russia. Accordingly, the understanding of the “Caucasus concert” ...
... as you can see, we are dealing with real issues at these meetings.
The meeting on July 15 was fraught with serious difficulties. This is because on July 10, the boundary fences of two Georgian villages near the occupation line in Tskhinvali Region (South Ossetia) were moved, causing outrage in Georgian society. A number of harsh comments have been made on the issue by governments and international organizations.
reconsideringrussia.org
Zurab Abashidze
Tbilisi sees the move as a gross violation ...
According to recent media reports, South Ossetia seems to be following Abkhazia's example and is now preparing a new agreement on closer cooperation with Russia. Will this document become a breakthrough in bilateral relations or will it merely record achievements to date?
Sergey Markedonov
...
