1st Edition
Incomplete Secession after Unresolved Conflicts Political Order and Escalation in the Post-Soviet Space
Introduction
Part I: Contested concepts: De-facto states and the exercise of authority in the aftermath of secessionist war
1. From secessionist wars to and incomplete secession
2. Post-conflict political order: Conceptualizing the exercise of authority under conditions of incomplete secession
Part II: Political order and escalation in the post-Soviet space
3. Political order and escalation in the Republic of Moldova. Between accommodation of secessionist demands and stalemate with Transnistria
4. Political order and escalation in Georgia: The failure to accommodate Abkhazia’s secessionist demands
5. Political order and escalation in Georgia: From stalemate to confrontation with South Ossetia
Part III: Understanding the dynamics of post-conflict political order
6. Democratization, elections and the politics of secession and counter-secession: Understanding escalation in political order
7. External actors and the principles of the liberal international order: Addressing the crisis of the nation state
Conclusion
Biography
Ana Maria Albulescu has a PhD in War Studies Research from King’s College London, UK. She is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Romanian Centre for Russian Studies, University of Bucharest.
