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Ethno-Political Conflicts in the Caucasus

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JMM130

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Ethno-political Conflicts in the Caucasus (JMM 130)  

Adrian Brisku

Department of Russian & East European Studies, Charles University    https://cuni.academia.edu/adrianBrisku adrian.brisku@fsv.cuni.cz  

COURSE DESCRIPTION  

Ethno-political conflicts are not a phenomenon peculiar to the region of the Caucasus, but they became part of the region’s post-Soviet history following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In this context, this one-semester course sheds light on key aspects of ethno-political conflicts in the region by combining an understanding of major concepts and theories of ethno-political conflict initiation and separatism with an analysis of the case studies of Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The course will also draw attention to latent hotspots of ethno-political tensions across the region.    

A.    COURSE DESIGN  1.    Introductiontothecourse 2.    Understanding the main concepts: identity, ethnicity, nationalism 3.    Defining ethno-political conflict  4.    Theorizing the causes of ethno-political conflict and separatism 5.    Escalation of ethno-political conflict  6.    Reconciliation in ethnic conflict  7.    Midterm test  8.    Case study I – the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: causes & escalation   9.    Case study II – the South-Ossetia conflict: the causes & escalation 10.  Case study III – the Abkhazia conflict: the causes & escalation  11.  Cases of latent ethnic conflict in the region 12.  Concluding seminar

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Ethno-political conflicts are not a phenomenon peculiar to the region of the Caucasus, but they became part of the region’s post-Soviet history following the collapse of the Soviet Union. In this context, this one-semester course sheds light on key aspects of ethno-political conflicts in the region by combining an understanding of major concepts and theories of ethno-political conflict initiation and separatism with an analysis of the case studies of Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

The course will also draw attention to latent hotspots of ethno-political tensions across the region.