1st Edition

De Facto States in the Post-Soviet Area Mechanisms of Formation, Operation and Survival

By Agnieszka Miarka Copyright 2024
254 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

254 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book provides an insightful analysis and holistic account of the process of the formation of de facto states in the post-Soviet area. Looking beyond the stereotype of mere puppet subjects, the author explores the contemporary operation of separatist regions in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Transnistria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Donbas to understand the motives and mechanisms for their emergence... Read more

Introduction

1. Secessionist Movements in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

2. Existence of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia

3. Secessionist Movements in Transnistria

4. Existence of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic

5. Secessionist movement in Nagorno-Karabakh

6. Existence of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

7. Secessionist Movements in the Donbas

8. Existence of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic

Conclusion

Biography

Agnieszka Miarka is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. Her research focuses on separatism, de facto states in the post-Soviet area, and foreign and security policies of the states of Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus.