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- Green, James A. (Author)
- Waters, Christopher P. M. (Author)
- Green, James A. (Editor)
- Waters, Christopher P. M. (Editor)
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Introduction
Abstract
On 7 August 2008, long-standing tensions in the Caucasus region came to a head when President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia ordered troops into the de facto independent region of South Ossetia with a view to reestablishing Georgian sovereignty. This intervention, which included the shelling and occupation of the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, was the culmination of a number of more minor military exchanges over the proceeding months. South Ossetia’s sponsor, the Russian Federation, responded swiftly to the Georgian action, with a large-scale military intervention into the state of Georgia. This use of force ultimately went beyond the boundaries of the South Ossetia region, both into the comparable breakaway region of Abkhazia and further into ‘Georgia proper’.
Book Title
Conflict in the Caucasus: Implications for International Legal Order
Series
Euro-Asian Studies
Place
London
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Date
2010
Pages
1-7
Language
en
ISBN
978-0-230-29241-3
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Green, J. A., & Waters, C. P. M. (2010). Introduction. In J. A. Green & C. P. M. Waters (Eds.), Conflict in the Caucasus: Implications for International Legal Order (pp. 1–7). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230292413_1
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