248 Pages
by Routledge

Transcaucasian boundaries" provides the first insights into the geopolitical dynamics in this ethnically diverse and turbulent region of the former Soviet Union. The interplay between the former controlling powers of Iran, Turkey and Russia is examined, and the conflicts in Nagorno-Karabagh, Ossetia and Abkhazia are subject to expert analysis. The roles of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are... Read more
Nationalities and borders in Transcaucasia and the Northern Caucasus, G. Joffe; Russia and Transcaucasia, Margot Light; condemned to act, unable to influence - Iran in Transcaucasia, Fred Halliday; Turkey, The Black Sea and Transcaucasia, William Hale; the Republic of Azerbaijan; notes on the state borders in the past and the present, Sulejman Alijarly; the Armenian presence in mountainous, Karabagh C. Walker; the internal cohesion of the Georgian state, John F.R. Wright; the Georgian/South Ossetian territorial and boundary dispute, Julian Birch; Abkhazia - a problem of identity and ownership, B.G. Hewitt.

Biography

John Wright, Richard Schofield, Suzanne Goldenberg