(2003):
The Role of the United Nations in the Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict.
Journal of Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe,
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International Management of Ethnonational Conflicts in Eastern Europe
Project Directors
Prof. Dr. Egbert Jahn
Project Staff
Dr. Susan Stewart
DFG-funded
1999 – 2004
Research question/goal:
The collapse of the Soviet Union led to violent conflicts on its territory, which are centred around the question of political sovereignty of an ethnic group and the denial of this ambition by the central power. The management of these conflicts by international organisations is impossible without violating the principle of state sovereignty. Recent approaches to conflict regulation offer new instruments for handling violent conflicts, which are aimed at integrating all levels of a society in the task of conflict resolution. The aim of the project is to analyse what kind of possibilities of conflict management there are in general, and the roles various actors (international organisations, NGOs, local actors) can play in achieving a consolidated peace.