Essay
The conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia: An assessment
10/2001
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/2496
Abstract
"Five United Nations observers killed as helicopter is downed by Abkhazia rebels" (Wines I). This headline may have been the first rude awakening that most people have had to the fact that there is a place in the world called Abkhazia, and that there is something very nasty going on there. And nasty it is. The UN observers killed on October 8th were part of a mission to "keep the peace" in a region which is still embroiled in a highly complex territorial struggle and ethnic clash. "Objectively, Abkhazia identifies one of the most complicated conflict situations in the world, still waiting for its long-sought solution" (International Center on Conflict & Negotiation 3). In this paper we will study that war and determine what the real causes of the conflict are. This is not simply a historical analysis; despite a cease-fire agreement signed by both sides in 1994, the war is not really over. The status of the conflict is very much in flux even at the time of this writing.
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- Title
- The conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia: An assessment
- Creators
- Marina Kielpinski (Author)
- Academic Unit
- Honors Theses (WSU Pullman, Passed with Distinction)
- Identifiers
- 99900590743601842
- Copyright
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- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Essay