Papers by Giulia Prelz Oltramonti
ULB Institutional Repository, 2015
This thesis focuses on a key component of societal relations, namely the creation and exploitatio... more This thesis focuses on a key component of societal relations, namely the creation and exploitation of economic leverage. It explores how, in the context of protracted territorial conflicts, relevant actors craft it and use it. Finally, it examines to what ends economic leverage is exploited, if at all. Generally, economic leverage can translate into a considerable form of power. This thesis scrutinizes how this occurs in more specific contexts post-ceasefire agreement conflict protraction, and what the finalities of the actors concerned are. It does so by focusing on a number of relevant actors, and by treating conflict protraction as the specific context in which economic power is exploited. Two cases are examined, namely those of the South Ossetian and the Abkhaz protracted conflicts. This thesis does not focus on the historical conditions and political events that caused the separatist conflicts in Georgia, but on their consequences and on the periods following the ceasefire agre...
ULB Institutional Repository, 2015
This thesis focuses on a key component of societal relations, namely the creation and exploitatio... more This thesis focuses on a key component of societal relations, namely the creation and exploitation of economic leverage. It explores how, in the context of protracted territorial conflicts, relevant actors craft it and use it. Finally, it examines to what ends economic leverage is exploited, if at all. Generally, economic leverage can translate into a considerable form of power. This thesis scrutinizes how this occurs in more specific contexts post-ceasefire agreement conflict protraction, and what the finalities of the actors concerned are. It does so by focusing on a number of relevant actors, and by treating conflict protraction as the specific context in which economic power is exploited. Two cases are examined, namely those of the South Ossetian and the Abkhaz protracted conflicts. This thesis does not focus on the historical conditions and political events that caused the separatist conflicts in Georgia, but on their consequences and on the periods following the ceasefire agre...
It is usually the full-intensity phases of conflicts that draw most scrutiny, and this is true fo... more It is usually the full-intensity phases of conflicts that draw most scrutiny, and this is true for the conflicts of the Caucasus too. Much has been written on the wars that took place in Nagorno Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia in the early 1990s, on the two Chechen conflicts, and on the more recent (2008) conflict in Georgia. While a cessation of full-scale hostilities does not necessarily entail the establishment of order and stability, attention fades away. This is why the mechanisms t...
The Caucasus & Globalization, 2012
During 2014–15, the South Caucasus entered a new phase of its post-Soviet development. Georgia’s ... more During 2014–15, the South Caucasus entered a new phase of its post-Soviet development. Georgia’s conclusion of an Association Agreement with the European Union in June 2014 and Armenia’s accession to the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union in January 2015 crowned a decade of efforts to engage the South Caucasus with the parallel integration projects.Conflict in the South Caucasus has been an important driver of these integration processes. The 2008 Georgia–Russia war provided a particularly strong impetus both to European Union and Russian efforts to link the South Caucasus to wider regional projects. In 2009, the EU established its Eastern Partnership to strengthen relations with its eastern neighbours, including the states of the South Caucasus. Since Vladimir Putin’s return in 2012 as the Russian president, Eurasian integration has been a priority for Russia. The EEU is seen as the means to establish Russia as an economic and political centre in an emerResolution of the South Cau...
During 2014–15, the South Caucasus entered a new phase of its post-Soviet development. Georgia’s ... more During 2014–15, the South Caucasus entered a new phase of its post-Soviet development. Georgia’s conclusion of an Association Agreement with the European Union in June 2014 and Armenia’s accession to the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union in January 2015 crowned a decade of efforts to engage the South Caucasus with the parallel integration projects.Conflict in the South Caucasus has been an important driver of these integration processes. The 2008 Georgia–Russia war provided a particularly strong impetus both to European Union and Russian efforts to link the South Caucasus to wider regional projects. In 2009, the EU established its Eastern Partnership to strengthen relations with its eastern neighbours, including the states of the South Caucasus. Since Vladimir Putin’s return in 2012 as the Russian president, Eurasian integration has been a priority for Russia. The EEU is seen as the means to establish Russia as an economic and political centre in an emerResolution of the South Cau...
Review of the book: Simona E. MERATI. Muslims in Putin’s Russia: Discourse on Identity, Politics... more Review of the book: Simona E. MERATI. Muslims in Putin’s Russia: Discourse on Identity, Politics, and Security. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2017
Review of the book: Simona E. MERATI. Muslims in Putin’s Russia: Discourse on Identity, Politics... more Review of the book: Simona E. MERATI. Muslims in Putin’s Russia: Discourse on Identity, Politics, and Security. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2017
Frontiers in International Relations
This chapter examines the issue of establishing viability for de facto states. It looks into what... more This chapter examines the issue of establishing viability for de facto states. It looks into what it means for a de facto state to be viable; what the interplay is between viability on the one hand, and the need to secure de facto secession, de facto statehood, and internal legitimacy on the other; and how viability is fundamentally linked to the ability of de facto states to establish relationships with the wider world. The latter point, especially, is illustrated by unpacking cases from the Caucasus (Abkhazia and South Ossetia) and the Horn of Africa (Somaliland).
Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
Connexe : les espaces postcommunistes en question(s)
This article traces the trajectories of Russia’s projection of its external power in its neighbou... more This article traces the trajectories of Russia’s projection of its external power in its neighbourhood through the analysis of its bordering and de-bordering practices. It looks specifically at what happened in Abkhazia between 1993 and 2013, focusing on its role in managing the international border along the Psou River and on its impact on the Georgian-Abkhaz ceasefire line along the Inguri River. It argues that, while the appreciation of borders is often limited to symbols of sovereignty, Russia aptly employed bordering and de-bordering practices as policy tools to expand its clout much further than its national external borders. It also illustrates the importance of the implementation component of border regimes. By looking at macro- and micro- dynamics, as well as underlining the gap between official discourse and practice, this article explicates some of the mechanisms underpinning Russia’s cycles of retreat and expansion in the Caucasus.
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