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Russia (Federation) --- Georgia (Republic) --- Russie --- Géorgie (République) --- Foreign relations --- Politics and government --- History --- Relations extérieures --- Politique et gouvernement --- Histoire --- Géorgie (République) --- Relations extérieures

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The South Caucasus has traditionally been a playground of contesting empires. This region, on the edge of Europe, is associated in Western minds with ethnic conflict and geopolitical struggles in August 2008. Yet, another war broke out in this distant European periphery as Russia and Georgia clashed over the secessionist territory of South Ossetia. The war had global ramifications culminating in deepening tensions between Russia on the one hand, and Europe and the USA on the other. Speculation on the causes and consequences of the war focused on Great Power rivalries and a new Great Game, on oil pipeline routes, and Russian imperial aspirations. This book takes a different tack which focuses on the domestic roots of the August 2008 war. Collectively the authors in this volume present a new multidimensional context for the war. They analyse historical relations between national minorities in the region, look at the link between democratic development, state-building, and war, and explore the role of leadership and public opinion. Digging beneath often simplistic geopolitical explanations, the authors give the national minorities and Georgians themselves, the voice that is often forgotten by Western analysts. This book was based on a special issue of Central Asian Survey.

Geopolitics --- Post-communism --- Georgia (Republic) --- Russia (Federation) --- South Ossetia (Georgia) --- Abkhazia (Georgia) --- Caucasus, South --- Military relations --- History, Military --- Foreign relations --- Ethnic relations --- Political aspects --- South Ossetia War, 2008. --- History --- Politics and government --- South Ossetia War, 2008.Georgia (Republic) --- Russia (Federation)Foreign relations --- Geopolitics - Transcaucasia --- Post-communism - Transcaucasia --- Georgia (Republic) - Military relations - Russia (Federation) --- Russia (Federation) - Military relations - Georgia (Republic) --- South Ossetia (Georgia) - History, Military - 21st century --- Abkhazia (Georgia) - History, Military - 21st century --- Caucasus, South - History, Military - 21st century --- Russia (Federation) - Foreign relations - Georgia (Republic) --- Georgia (Republic) - Foreign relations - Russia (Federation) --- Caucasus, South - Ethnic relations - Political aspects

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"Reflecting on the deep and complex changes in Georgian politics over the last quarter of a century, this book highlights the domestic and international developments that have shaped Georgia as a state and society. Georgia: From Autocracy to Democracy covers a wide array of topics, including the economy, elections, judicial and educational systems, relations with the EU, and Georgia's interaction with its regional neighbours, including Russia, Turkey, and Iran. In the book, Georgian policy-makers, practitioners, and scholars who have worked in the administration, in the opposition, in the Third Sector, and in academia provide first-hand perspectives on Georgia's political and economic life. They demonstrate unusual insight into the extraordinary transformations in Georgia over the last twenty-five years, from the authoritarianism of President Gamsakhurdia, through the experience of civil war in the 1990s, to democracy today."--

Georgia (Republic) --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Politics and government --- EU. --- Georgia. --- Georgian-Russian relations. --- Georgian. --- South Caucasus. --- Soviet Union. --- economy. --- elections. --- higher education. --- history. --- judicial reform. --- politics.