The EU as a Co-mediator in the Geneva International Discussions on South Ossetia and Abkhazia

2019 ◽  
pp. 173-230
Author(s):  
Julian Bergmann
Keyword(s):  
South Ossetia ◽  
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Kazakhstan's military reform and OSCE Chairmanship: Regional implications

2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica Marat
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Reform ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
Democratic Control ◽  
Central Asia Region ◽  
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AbstractThis article argues that Kazakhstan's strengthening relations with NATO and the EU, as well as its prospective OSCE chairmanship in 2010 has impacted the wider Central Asia region. Neighboring Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were able to use Kazakhstan as a shield when Russia pressed them to recognize independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in August 2008. Kazakhstan's successful cooperation with NATO contributed to its recognition as a nation with great economic and political potential, though it remains questionable whether positive changes inside Kazakhstan in regards to democratic control of armed forces and other political sectors entailed by the OSCE chairmanship would similarly reverberate on a regional scale. Kazakhstan, for its part, should promote its successes regionally as part of its obligations as the OSCE chair.

scholarly journals “Sisters in Peace”: Analyzing the Cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union in Peace Mediation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Julian Bergmann
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Policy Agenda ◽  
The European Union ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Mediation Practice ◽  
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Abstract This article examines UN–EU cooperation over peace mediation. It compares their conceptual approaches to peace mediation and the evolution of their institutional capacities, demonstrating that the EU has learned from the UN, while actively supporting the strengthening of UN mediation capacity. The most important difference concerns the embeddedness of mediation in a broader foreign policy agenda in the case of the EU compared to the UN. The article also examines models of EU–UN cooperation in mediation practice. Drawing on an overview of cases of UN–EU cooperation, the article develops a typology of the constellations through which the two organizations have engaged with and supported each other. A case study on the Geneva International Discussions on South Ossetia and Abkhazia investigates the effectiveness of this coordination. The findings point to a high degree of effectiveness, although this has not yet translated into tangible mediation outcomes.

scholarly journals The OSCE and EU Actions towards Georgian Separatist Conflicts: the Case of South Ossetia.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Vielmini
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
The Other ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
Testing Ground ◽  
Occupied Territories ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
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Both the OSCE and the EU got involved in the management of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict considering it as a testing ground for their capacities to act as security actors and easier to deal with in comparison with the other unsolved confrontations in the Post-Soviet area. By this way, they disregarded the root causes of the conflict and then proved unable to deploy the necessary resources to respond to the security expectations of the two sides, especially since the regional geopolitical environment switched from cooperation to confrontation between Russia and an expanding NATO presence. Following the 2008 War, the EU is left as the only mediating player on the ground but is not recognised as such by the SO side supported by Russia while Georgia has thwarted the possibilities of conflict resolution adopting a punitive ‘Occupied Territories’ narrative.

South Ossetia border with Georgia will stay tense

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
The South ◽  
Monitoring Equipment ◽  
Border Line ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
Oil Pipeline ◽  
Alternative Routes ◽  
International Border ◽  
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Subject Controversial moves to mark the South Ossetia border. Significance In early July, border guards of South Ossetia (SO) -- a breakaway province of Georgia -- started to place border signs along the former administrative border line (ABL) between SO and adjacent Georgian provinces. The Tbilisi government opposes the idea of 'borderisation' whereby the administrative border between SO and other Georgian provinces are treated as an international border between two separate subjects of international law. The actions of South Ossetian and Russian troops do just that. Impacts Georgia will now have more incentives to spend on rearmament. The threat to the Baku-Supsa oil pipeline will discourage use of the Supsa terminal, and states and firms will explore alternative routes. The EU will be reluctant to intensify relations with Georgia for fear of becoming embroiled in the conflict over the breakaway provinces. However, NATO may supply monitoring equipment to Georgia against unexpected Russian encroachments on its territory.

scholarly journals De facto states and their socio-economic structures in the post-Soviet space after the annexation of Crimea

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 267-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimír Baar ◽  
Barbara Baarová
Keyword(s):  
Trade Agreement ◽  
South Ossetia ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Eurasian Economic Union ◽  
Economic Strategies ◽  
Soviet Space ◽  
De Facto States ◽  
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Post Soviet Space

The paper is focused on the economic problems of de facto states in the post-Soviet space after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, creation of the Eurasian Economic Union in 2015 and the signing of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Georgia and Moldova with effect from 2016. It analyzes long-term economic strategies of Transnistria, Nagorno-Artsakh, South Ossetia-Alania and Abkhazia in the context of such changes. On the basis of statistical  analyzes their economic problems, which are closely connected with developments in Russia and its geopolitical interests.

The Art of Lobbying the EU

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinus van Schendelen
Keyword(s):  
The Eu
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