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Russian Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus
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Marksberry, Brian R.
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Year and Degree
2011, Master of Arts, Miami University, Political Science.
Abstract
For about a decade, Russia has been a flush with money, and economic prosperity after the financial chaos of the 1990s. This boom has been driven largely by Moscow’s exports of natural gas and oil, and helped by record high energy prices. Much of this energy sources have been carried on pipelines that run through Russia’s unstable North Caucasus region. However, Western-backed pipelines in the South Caucasus pose a threat towards Russia’s newfound prosperity. In order to undermine future pipelines in the region, Moscow has sought to destabilize the region by encouraging and manipulating separatist tensions in the pivotal nation of Georgia. These tensions culminated in the brief conflict in August 2008. Three years later, relations between Tbilisi and Moscow remain high, and the West continues to see Georgia as a pivotal transit route for its pipelines, much to Moscow’s chagrin.
Committee
Karen Dawisha (Committee Chair)
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova (Committee Member)
Walt Vanderbush (Committee Member)
Pages
109 p.
Subject Headings
Political Science
Keywords
Russia
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Azerbaijan
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Georgia
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Caspian Sea
;
South Caucasus
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Caucasus
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pipelines
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Marksberry, B. R. (2011).
Russian Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1323399479
APA Style (7th edition)
Marksberry, Brian.
Russian Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus.
2011. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1323399479.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Marksberry, Brian. "Russian Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1323399479
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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