"Frozen conflicts" in Europe: historical experience of origin and management
Journal Title: Вісник Маріупольського державного університету. Серія: Історія. Політологія - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 13
Abstract
The theme of research is extremely relevant as political and crafts, and scientific and theoretical aspects. The so-called "frozen conflicts" are among the toughest challenges to Black Sea regional security, as well as to the national interests of several post-Soviet states. They include the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the conflicts of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia and the Transnistrian conflict in Moldova.A conflict in the east of Ukraine, obviously, will not be solved in the short term, and after a series of escalation, it will enter the stage of frozen.”Frozen” and controlled by Moscow conflict, that will flare up, then die away, will allow Russian Federation effectively adjust the foreign policy vector of Kyiv. The conflicts vary in scope, history and management options, but are structurally similar. Contributing factors, such as weakness of states, economic depression and external support are in place in each of the conflicts. Moreover, they create similar threats for the national security of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldova. Artificially "frozen" or de-escalated, none of the conflicts have been fully resolved. Along with traditional geopolitical challenges, they are also sources of transnational threats. Modern internal conflicts result from differences in identity within societies. This pluralism can be of any nature, but mostly it is either ethnic or ideological. Most current theories of ethnic conflict assume that managing ethnic/ideological differences is better than eliminating them. With 285 politically active minority groups inhabiting just about 200 states, ethnic problems are inevitable. Combined with ideological, religious and internal political differences, they provide a broad basis for various types of internal political conflicts. Given the effects of globalization and growing interdependence on a global scale, it is not possible to solve the problems of identity by eliminating ethnic, religious and ideological diversities either through genocide or ethnic cleansing or by artificially constructing an isolated homogeneous society. This leaves policymakers with the only option of managing, not eliminating, the differences.
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Christina Yuskiv
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