Implementation of Non-Recognition Policy in the Post-Soviet Space: Cases of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova
https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2022-13-4-43-57
Abstract
The author analyzes the policy of non-recognition implemented by Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova in relation to the separatist conflict territories. The policy of non-recognition designates both the refusal to recognize de facto existing political entities, and other measures that accompany it and are associated with the need to build relations with self-proclaimed states. Comparative analysis of the three depicted models shows that, despite the permanent essence of the non- recognition policy, there are significant differences in its practical implementation. Although the policy of non-recognition does not bring the parent states closer to resolving the conflict, in its various manifestations it can both contribute to the gradual disappearance of enmity and intensify existing contradictions. Factors that influence non-recognition politics include political narratives surrounding the conflict, dominant state-building patterns, patron state policies, perceived identity threats, experience of historical trauma and war.
About the Author
A. S. Ayvazyan
Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Anna S. Ayvazyan, PhD in Political Sciences, Senior Researcher
11-3, Mokhovaya str., Moscow, 125993
Competing Interests:
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
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Ayvazyan A.S. Implementation of Non-Recognition Policy in the Post-Soviet Space: Cases of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Journal of International Analytics. 2022;13(4):43-57. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2022-13-4-43-57
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