Encyclopedia of the Caucasus (2 Volume Set)

$470.00

Brendan L. Cohen (Editor)

Series: Caucasus Region Political, Economic, and Security Issues
BISAC: POL040020

This book presents important research on the Caucasus regions. Topics discussed herein include a country profile on Georgia; the Russia-Georgia conflict; Russian airborne forces; democratization and instability in Ukraine, Georgia and Belarus; political developments and the implications for U.S. interests in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia; country profiles of Armenia and Azerbaijan; and Russia’s counterinsurgency in North Caucasus. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Georgia Country Profile
(U.S. Department of State)

Chapter 2 2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices—Georgia
(U.S. Department of State)

Chapter 3 Russia-Georgia Conflict in August 2008: Context and Implications for U.S. Interests
(Jim Nichol)

Chapter 4 Organizational Change in the Russian Airborne Forces: The Lessons of the Georgian Conflict
(Rod Thornton)

Chapter 5 Reforming the Police in Post-Soviet States: Georgia and Kyrgyzstan
(Erica Marat)

Chapter 6 Georgia [Republic]: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
(Jim Nichol)

Chapter 7 Democratization and Instability in Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus
(Robert Nalbandov)

Chapter 8 Georgia’s October 2013 Presidential Election: Outcome and Implications
(Jim Nichol)

Chapter 9 Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
(Jim Nichol)

Chapter 10 Armenia Country Profile
(United States Department of State)

Chapter 11 Azerbaijan Country Profile
(United States Department of State)

Chapter 12 Azerbaijan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests
(Jim Nichol)

Chapter 13 2011 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices –
Azerbaijan
(U.S. Department of State)

Chapter 14 Russia’s Homegrown Insurgency: Jihad in the North Caucasus
(Gordon M. Hahn, Sergey Markedonov and Svante E. Cornell)

Chapter 15 Stability in Russia’s Chechnya and Other Regions
of the North Caucasus: Recent Developments
(Jim Nichol)

Chapter 16 Russia’s Counterinsurgency in North Caucasus: Performance and Consequences
(Ariel Cohen)

Index

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