A Transnational Policy for Conflict Reduction and Prevention in the South Caucasus
Robert M. Cutler
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Abstract:
This article examines conflicts in the
South Caucasus with a view towards means for their
interdependent resolution. It reviews the situations in Georgia:
Abkhazia, Ajaria, Javakhetia, and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), and
juxtaposes to them the situation in Mountainous Karabagh, identifying
complicating factors. On that basis, and focusing on the potential
for nongovernmental actors to create potential transgovernmental and
transsocietal socio-political coalitions, a policy initiative for the
South Caucasus is described. Specifically, possibilities are
considered for moving towards an institution such as a transnational
Assembly for Regions and Peoples of the South Caucasus. Issues of
institutional design are considered and assessed on the basis of
existing comparative work on international parliamentary formations.
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Contents:
- Ethnic Disputes and Conflict Resolution
- Abkhazia
- Ajaria
- Javakhetia
- Tskhinvali (South Ossetia)
- Analysis
- Inspection of the Four Cases
- Table 1. Abkhazia, Ajaria,
Javakhetia, and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
- The Karabagh Case
- A First Attempt at Comprehensive Settlement
- Towards the Parliamentarization of
Transnational Conflict
- Applied Theory as the Basis for a Real Solution
- Transnational Parliamentarization in
Practice
- Next Steps
- Conclusion and Prospect
- Bibliography
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“Transnational Policies for Conflict Reduction and Prevention in the South
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2, nos. 3–4
(December 2003): 615–633, reprinted at pp. 301–319 in Central
Eurasia in Global
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A Transnational Policy for Conflict Reduction and Prevention in the South Caucasus
Robert M. Cutler
This article examines conflicts in the South
Caucasus with a view towards means for their interdependent
resolution. It begins by reviewing briefly in succession situations
in Georgia: Abkhazia, Ajaria, Javakhetia, and Tskhinvali (South
Ossetia). A comparative qualitative analysis then follows that is
heuristic rather than definitive. The situation in Mountainous
Karabagh is juxtaposed to this, and complicating factors are
identified. On that basis, a policy initiative for the South
Caucasus is described, building upon the extensive considerations
previously elaborated in a report by the Centre for European Policy
Studies. A focus on nongovernmental actors in particular leads to
reflections how to create potential transgovernmental and
transsocietal socio-political coalitions for conflict reduction and
prevention. Specifically, possibilities are considered for moving
towards an institution such as a transnational Assembly for Regions
and Peoples of the South Caucasus. Issues of institutional design
are considered and assessed on the basis of existing comparative work
on international parliamentary formations.
Dr. Robert M. Cutler [ website — email ] was educated at MIT and The University of Michigan, where he earned a Ph.D. in Political Science, and has specialized and consulted in the international affairs of Europe, Russia, and Eurasia since the late 1970s. He has held research and teaching positions at major universities in the United States, Canada, France, Switzerland, and Russia, and contributed to leading policy reviews and academic journals as well as the print and electronic mass media in three languages.
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