Cécile Druey is researcher and lecturer at the University of Bern.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AcronymsIntroductionPart One—Conflicts and Peacebuilding Approaches in the Former Soviet SpaceChapter 1 Types and Levels of Conflict in the Former Soviet SpaceChapter 2 Responses to Conflict: Between Peacebuilding and Multilateralism à la RussePart Two—Inside Russia Chapter 3 Who Speaks, Decides, and Implements? Russia’s Actors in Foreign and Security PolicyChapter 4 The Discursive Antagonism of “Russia” and “the West”Chapter 5 Russia and Its “Near Abroad”: Public Debates and Legal BattlesChapter 6 The Evolution of Russian Discourses and Outcomes on the “Near Abroad,” 1991-2008Part Three—The Russian Role in Georgia, 1991–2008Chapter 7 Georgia and Russia: A Historical Love–Hate RelationshipChapter 8 South Ossetia: Local Conflict, Global InterestsChapter 9 The Conflict in Abkhazia and Russia’s Contradictory InvolvementChapter 10 External Actors’ Involvement in Georgia’s Territorial Identity Conflicts Chapter 11 Hardening of Russian-Georgian Relations After 2000Chapter 12 Russia’s Search for a Role in Georgia: Between Multilateralism and Unilateralism, 1991–2008Conclusion: The Russian Role in Georgia – Exemplary or a Casus Sui Generis?BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Cécile Druey is researcher and lecturer at the University of Bern.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AcronymsIntroductionPart One—Conflicts and Peacebuilding Approaches in the Former Soviet SpaceChapter 1 Types and Levels of Conflict in the Former Soviet SpaceChapter 2 Responses to Conflict: Between Peacebuilding and Multilateralism à la RussePart Two—Inside Russia Chapter 3 Who Speaks, Decides, and Implements? Russia’s Actors in Foreign and Security PolicyChapter 4 The Discursive Antagonism of “Russia” and “the West”Chapter 5 Russia and Its “Near Abroad”: Public Debates and Legal BattlesChapter 6 The Evolution of Russian Discourses and Outcomes on the “Near Abroad,” 1991-2008Part Three—The Russian Role in Georgia, 1991–2008Chapter 7 Georgia and Russia: A Historical Love–Hate RelationshipChapter 8 South Ossetia: Local Conflict, Global InterestsChapter 9 The Conflict in Abkhazia and Russia’s Contradictory InvolvementChapter 10 External Actors’ Involvement in Georgia’s Territorial Identity Conflicts Chapter 11 Hardening of Russian-Georgian Relations After 2000Chapter 12 Russia’s Search for a Role in Georgia: Between Multilateralism and Unilateralism, 1991–2008Conclusion: The Russian Role in Georgia – Exemplary or a Casus Sui Generis?BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Cécile Druey is researcher and lecturer at the University of Bern.

• List of TablesAcknowledgmentsList of AcronymsIntroductionPart One—Conflicts and Peacebuilding Approaches in the Former Soviet SpaceChapter 1 Types and Levels of Conflict in the Former Soviet SpaceChapter 2 Responses to Conflict: Between Peacebuilding and Multilateralism à la RussePart Two—Inside Russia Chapter 3 Who Speaks, Decides, and Implements? Russia’s Actors in Foreign and Security PolicyChapter 4 The Discursive Antagonism of “Russia” and “the West”Chapter 5 Russia and Its “Near Abroad”: Public Debates and Legal BattlesChapter 6 The Evolution of Russian Discourses and Outcomes on the “Near Abroad,” 1991-2008Part Three—The Russian Role in Georgia, 1991–2008Chapter 7 Georgia and Russia: A Historical Love–Hate RelationshipChapter 8 South Ossetia: Local Conflict, Global InterestsChapter 9 The Conflict in Abkhazia and Russia’s Contradictory InvolvementChapter 10 External Actors’ Involvement in Georgia’s Territorial Identity Conflicts Chapter 11 Hardening of Russian-Georgian Relations After 2000Chapter 12 Russia’s Search for a Role in Georgia: Between Multilateralism and Unilateralism, 1991–2008Conclusion: The Russian Role in Georgia – Exemplary or a Casus Sui Generis?BibliographyIndexAbout the Author