The Caucasus: Out of Tune

... 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” by Sukhumi and Tskhinvali does not coincide with that outlined by Tbilisi. flickr.com / Pierre Sergei Markedonov: The Geometry of the Caucasian Circle However, J. Boonstra does not seem to notice this contradiction (just as he ...