Transcaucasian boundaries
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 considered in detail, their relative weakness having held back the transition towards democratic free-market entities of pluralist composition. Questions of minority rights, territorial settlement and the
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Chapter Introduction
chapter 1 Nationalities and borders in Transcaucasia and the northern Caucasus
chapter 2 Russia and Transcaucasia
chapter 3 Turkey, the Black Sea and Transcaucasia1
chapter 4 Condemned to react, unable to influence: Iran and Transcaucasia
chapter 5 The Armenian presence in mountainous Karabakh
chapter 6 The republic of Azerbaijan: notes on the state borders in the past and the present
chapter 7 The geopolitics of Georgia
chapter 8 The Georgian/South Ossetian territorial and boundary dispute
chapter 9 Abkhazia: a problem of identity and ownership1