{"product_id":"power-and-conflict-in-russias-borderlands-the-post-soviet-geopolitics-of-dispute-resolution-9781788311434","title":"Power and Conflict in Russia's Borderlands: The Post-Soviet Geopolitics of Dispute Resolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Helena Rytovuori-Apunen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: I. B. Tauris \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: World - Russian \u0026amp; Soviet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Cold War battle lines are seemingly re-drawn, Russia's various 'frozen' war zones (ongoing separatist conflicts) are often cited as particularly volatile and assumed by some Western commentators and policymakers to be 'next' on Putin's 'wish list'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut, as Helena Rytövuori-Apunen demonstrates here, this is a gross (and dangerous) oversimplification that will only serve to fuel the vicious circle of reciprocal military escalation. Drawing on a range of empirical research and across separatist conflicts in Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia), Moldova (Transnistria and Gagauzia) and Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, her timely book provides a balanced assessment and critique of the assumptions and misunderstandings that inform mainstream discussions, as well as placing the conflicts in their proper and complex historical contexts. At a time when there is an increasing tendency to view Russia as the source of all instability in Eastern Europe, \u003ci\u003ePower and Conflict in Russia's Borderlands\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in the geopolitics of post-Soviet Russia, as well as policymakers and practitioners of peace\/conflict resolution studies.","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45085837066391,"sku":"9781788311434","price":15228.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781788311434.webp?v=1767898624","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/power-and-conflict-in-russias-borderlands-the-post-soviet-geopolitics-of-dispute-resolution-9781788311434","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}