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Beyond Frozen Conflict

Scenarios for the Separatist Disputes of Eastern Europe

Thomas de Waal author Nikolaus von Twickel author Michael Emerson editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Publishing:15th Apr '29

£92.00

This title is due to be published on 15th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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The five unresolved separatist conflicts of the post-Soviet space in Eastern Europe are a risk to Europe’s stability and security. Four of these – Abkhazia; South Ossetia; Transnistria; and Nagorny Karabakh all date back to the collapse of the Soviet Union around 1991-92 and have become known as frozen conflicts. The fifth is Ukraine’s Donbas, which saw large parts of its Donetsk and Luhansk regions split violently from Kyiv in 2014, at a cost of 13,000 human lives so far, mainly due to Russia’s support of hybrid warfare there.

This book is the first to give an up-to-date account of all five conflicts in an analytically consistent manner. Uniquely, it explores a full range of scenarios for the possible future of all five conflicts and offers a basis of sound information for officials, diplomats, scholars and the general public.

The first edition of this book, published in mid-2020, correctly saw the unresolved conflict over Nagorny Karabakh as the most likely to see a new war, which is precisely what happened later that year. This second edition includes a completely rewritten chapter on the dramatic reversal by Azerbaijan with Turkish support of the gains made by Armenia in the first war two decades ago.

A compelling and comprehensive account of the fluid conflicts and frozen peace processes in Eastern Europe. A must read for all those who wish to understand the region. -- Natalie Tocci, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Rome
The indispensable source for information and analysis on the conflicts and separatist entities on the post-Soviet periphery. Whether you are a seasoned expert or unfamiliar with the region, for both historical understanding and policy insight, this is a must read. -- William Hill, Global Fellow, Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
This thorough and excellent study traces the development of the conflicts in order to make predictions for their further course together with policy recommendations for the European Union. -- Peter Semneby, Former EU Special Representative for South Caucasus
This book invites the reader to embrace the complexity of the conflicts in the post-Soviet space and disentangle geopolitical manoeuvers from collective grievances. -- Natalia Mirimanova, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Peace Initiative
An honest, brave, comprehensive and timely analysis of the possible ways of mitigation of the geopolitical risks connected with five post-Soviet ‘frozen’ conflicts. As a Ukranian I completely support their conclusions. -- H. E. Oleksandr Chalyi, Former First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

ISBN: 9781538169087

Dimensions: 225mm x 153mm x 13mm

Weight: 331g

223 pages

Second Edition