K. Oskanien & Kenneth A. Loparo 
Fear, Weakness and Power in the Post-Soviet South Caucasus 
A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

This book provides a multi-level analysis of international security in the South Caucasus. Using an expanded and adapted version of Regional Security Complex Theory, it studies both material conditions and discourses of insecurity in its assessment of the region’s possible transition towards a more peaceable future.

Table of Content

Geopolitical Map of the Caucasus Timeline of Events in the South Caucasus 1988-2009 A Note on Transliteration and Toponymy List of Acronyms and Abbreviations List of Interviewees 1. Introduction 2. Amity and Enmity in its Regional Context 3. State Incoherence as Weakness, Instability and Failure 4. Great Powers and Their Regional Entanglements 5. A Macro-View of the Southern Caucasus 6. Discourses of Conflict in the Southern Caucasus 7. State Incoherence in Southern Caucasia 8. The Great Powers and The Southern Caucasus 9. The South Caucasus Regional Insecurity Complex

About the author

Kevork Oskanian currently teaches at the University of Westminster, UK. He received his Ph D from London School of Economics, UK and has formerly edited Millenium Journal of International Studies. His research interests include the politics of the Former Soviet Union, constructivism, the English School, regionalism, and state incoherence.