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Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh: The Volatile Core of the South Caucasus The Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh is one of four frozen conflicts that emerged after the collapse of the…
frozen conflict
Transdnestria
Transdnestria: A European Nowhere Transdnestria, or The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (which is the full name its government uses) lies mostly within in a single narrow…
South Ossetia
South Ossetia: Old Territory, New Problems South Ossetia is one of the world’s newest independent states according to Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and the microstates of…
Abkhazia: Grandeur to Ruin… and Back Again?
Abkhazia: Grandeur to Ruin… and Back Again? With its precipitous mountains, subtropical climate, and pristine beaches, one would expect Abkhazia to be the Black Sea…