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Atlas of the ethno-political history of the Caucasus
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ISBN: 9780300153088 0300153082 Year: 2014 Publisher: New Haven: Yale university press,

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Géopolitique des Caucases
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ISBN: 2729818316 9782729818319 Year: 2004 Volume: *1 Publisher: Paris: Ellipses,

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À l'instar des Balkans, la désoviétisation du Caucase a libéré des conflits identitaires particulièrement violents. Après plus de soixante-dix ans de refoulement, les vieilles haines sont remontées à la surface d'une région de la taille de la France qui a changé de statut géopolitique depuis 1990, passant de celui de terminal d'empire (russe puis soviétique) à celui de carrefour d'influences. Corollaire de cette mutation, la découverte de nouveaux gisements de pétrole et de gaz est venue dynamiser des affrontements séculaires. À la lisière du Moyen-Orient, de l'Asie centrale et des Balkans, les Caucases réussiront-ils à échapper à des siècles de violence qui en font une montagne de sang.


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Atlas ėtnopoliticheskoĭ istorii Kavkaza, 1774-2004
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ISBN: 5973900452 9785973900458 Year: 2005 Publisher: Moskva : Evropa,

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Guerres et paix au Caucase : empires, peuples et nations
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ISBN: 9782352700586 2352700582 Year: 2009 Publisher: Paris: Non Lieu,

Endless war : the Russian-Chechen conflict in perspective
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ISBN: 9783631560402 3631560400 0820487651 9780820487656 Year: 2007 Publisher: Frankfurt am Main: Lang,

Asie centrale et Caucase : une sécurité mondialisée
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ISBN: 2763780563 9782763780566 Year: 2004 Publisher: Sainte-Foy [Québec]: Presses universitaires de Laval,

Modern hatreds : the symbolic politics of ethnic war
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ISBN: 0801438020 0801487366 1501702009 1501701991 9781501702006 9780801438028 9780801487361 9781501701993 Year: 2001 Publisher: New York: Cornell university press,

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Ethnic conflict has been the driving force of wars all over the world, yet it remains an enigma. What is it about ethnicity that breaks countries apart and drives people to acts of savage violence against their lifelong neighbors?Stuart Kaufman rejects the notion of permanent "ancient hatreds" as the answer. Dissatisfied as well with a purely rationalist explanation, he finds the roots of ethnic violence in myths and symbols, the stories ethnic groups tell about who they are. Ethnic wars, Kaufman argues, result from the politics of these myths and symbols-appeals to flags and faded glories that aim to stir emotions rather than to address interests. Popular hostility based on these myths impels groups to follow extremist leaders invoking such emotion-laden ethnic symbols. If ethnic domination becomes their goal, ethnic war is the likely result.Kaufman examines contemporary ethnic wars in the Caucasus and southeastern Europe. Drawing on information from a variety of sources, including visits to the regions and dozens of personal interviews, he demonstrates that diplomacy and economic incentives are not enough to prevent or end ethnic wars. The key to real conflict resolution is peacebuilding-the often-overlooked effort by nongovernmental organizations to change hostile attitudes at both the elite and the grassroots levels.


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Archaeologies of Internment
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ISBN: 1441996656 1441996664 Year: 2011 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,

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The internment of civilian and military prisoners became an increasingly common feature of conflicts in the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Prison camps, though often hastily constructed and just as quickly destroyed, have left their marks in the archaeological record. Due to both their temporary nature and their often sensitive political contexts, places of internment present a unique challenge to archaeologists and heritage managers.   As archaeologists have begun to explore the material remains of internment using a range of methods, these interdisciplinary studies have demonstrated the potential to connect individual memories and historical debates to the fragmentary material remains.   Archaeologies of Internment brings together in one volume a range of methodological and theoretical approaches to this developing field. The contributions are geographically and temporally diverse, ranging from Second World War internment in Europe and the USA to prison islands of the Greek Civil War, South African labor camps, and the secret detention centers of the Argentinean Junta and the East German Stasi.   These studies have powerful social, cultural, political, and emotive implications, particularly in societies in which historical narratives of oppression and genocide have themselves been suppressed. By repopulating the historical narratives with individuals and grounding them in the material remains, it is hoped that they might become, at least in some cases, archaeologies of liberation.

Contested borders in the Caucasus
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ISBN: 9054871172 9789054871170 Year: 1996 Publisher: Bruxelles: VUB-Press,


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State building and conflict resolution in the Caucasus
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ISBN: 9789004179011 9004179011 9786612786426 9047441362 1282786423 9789047441366 9781282786424 Year: 2010 Volume: 1 Publisher: Leiden: Brill,

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State building processes in the Caucasus are influenced by the culture of the Caucasus, and previous experiences with state building after World War I. The conflicts which erupted at the time have influenced territorial claims. The role of foreign powers as Russia, the United States, Turkey, Germany is considerable in the region. Divide and rule policy of Joseph Stalin is another factor which describes existing animosities between peoples in the Caucasus. Since 1989 a transition process, or state building process, has started in the North and the South Caucasus. This book gives an in-depth analysis of the backgrounds of the conflicts, including activities by IGO's and NGOs, and the developments in international law with regard to state building practice.

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