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DE-FACTO ENTITIES IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE: DYNAMICS AND PROSPECTS International Conference September 4-5, 2014, Sevan, Armenia AN INITIATIVE OF GEBE R T F STIF TUNG IN COOPER ATION WITH THE UNIVERS I TY OFFRIBOURG
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DE-FACTO ENTITIES IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE: DYNAMICS AND PROSPECTSInternational ConferenceSeptember 4-5, 2014, Sevan, Armenia
AN INITIATIVE OF GEBERT F STIFTUNG IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG
About the CAuCAsus InstItute
The Caucasus Institute (CI) is one of the leading think-tanks and educational centers in A rmenia and the entire region. It implements research in the areas of political science, social sciences and media studies with regard to the Southern and Northern Caucasus. The CI also engages in regional studies on a wider scope.
Founded in Yerevan in 2002, the CI offers a neutral platform for non-politicized debate on acute issues of the region’s political and social development. Based on research, the CI conducts expert consultations, roundtable discussions and conferences. CI produces publications in various formats, including Caucasus Yearbooks which sum up various aspects of politics, social life and economics in the Southern and Northern Caucasus every year.
After its founding in 2002 and until mid-2008, the institute was called the CMI, or Caucasus Media Institute, stressing its media ties. The changeover to just “Caucasus Institute” reflects the broadening scope of CI activities and its focus on politics, economics and society in the wider Caucasus region.
About AsCn
ASCN is a programme aimed at promoting the social sciences and humanities in the South Caucasus (primarily Georgia and Armenia). Its different activities foster the emergence of a new generation of talented scholars.
Promising junior researchers receive support through research projects, capacity-building trainings and scholarships. The programme emphasizes the advancement of individuals who, thanks to their ASCN experience, become better integrated in international academic networks.
The ASCN programme is coordinated and operated by the Interfaculty Institute for Central and Eastern Europe (IICEE) at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). It is initiated and supported by Gebert Rüf Stiftung.
Content And objeCtIves
The conference aims to gather junior scholars and senior researchers working in various social science disciplines (political science, international law, security studies, etc.) and involved in the academic study of the phenomenon of de-facto/unrecognized/partially recognized states and entities in the post-Soviet space (Transnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh). The current academic discourse around de- facto states is mainly linked to ethno-political issues and the international conflicts in which they are entangled. The objective of this conference is to identify the peculiarities of their internal political and economic development, to analyze the state- and nation-building processes that are taking place, and to study their impact on the internal discourse and the perception of the local populations. The goal is not only to identify current trends but to also systematize existing academic perceptions about the emergence and functioning of de-facto states.
the objeCtIves of thIs ConferenCe Are threefold:
• It will bring together for the first time the key researchers, junior scholars and experts involved in the academic study of the phenomenon of de-facto/unrecognized/partially recognized states and entities in the post-Soviet space;
• It will provide a forum for an academic, non-politicized discussion and comparative analysis of the trends and prospects with regard to de-facto states in the post-Soviet space;
• It will enhance networking among leading researchers in the field of de-facto states, enable the involvement of young scholars and PhD students working in this field with the community of more experienced colleagues and improve their knowledge and expertise on the conference topics.
DAY 1THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2014
16.00 – 16.30REGISTRATION
16.30OPENING SESSIONModerator - Silvia SerranoWelcome speeches - Alexander Iskandaryan and Nicolas Hayoz
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
16.45SERGEY MARKEDONOv, Associate professor at Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow - The De-facto Statehood as a Phenomenon of the Post-Soviet Development
17.45 - COFFEE BREAK
18.00TOM DE WAAL’S “BLACK GARDEN” BOOK PRESENTATIONALExANDER ISKANDARYAN (reviewer)
19.30 - DINNER
PROGRAMME
DAY 2FRIDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2014
9.30PLENARY SESSIONModerator – Alexander Iskandaryan
MARTA-LIzA MAGNUSSON, Senior Lecturer in Caucasus Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society, Malmö University – “De-facto States in the Context of the Current International Law and International Politics”
LAURENCE BROERS, Research Associate, Centre for the Contemporary Central Asia and Caucasus, School of Oriental and African Studies, and editor-in-chief, Caucasus Survey – “The Internal Legitimacy Claims of De-facto States, Political Economy and Nation-building”
DONNACHA Ó BEACHáIN, Director of Re search, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University – “Elections, Domestic Politics and Democratization Processes in the De-facto States”
GALINA YEMELIANOvA, Head of the Research on the Caucasus and Central Asia at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, The University of Birmingham - “The Western Academic Discourse of the Post-Soviet De-facto States Phenomena”
IULIA KIRNITKI, Analyst at Newsmaker, Mol dova - “The Process of European Integration on the Post-soviet Space: The Case of Transnistria”
12.00 - COFFEE BREAK
12.30
PANEL 1 Conference Hall on the second floor
DE-FACTO STATES IN THE CONTExT OF THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL LAW AND POLITICS. COMPARATIvE ANALYSES OF THE POST-SOvIET DE-FACTO STATESModerators: Aleksey Malashenko/Marta-Liza Magnusson
ALExANDER TABACHNIK, University of Haifa - “Nagorno-Karabagh and Transnistria - De-facto Independent States”
ARTAK BEGLARYAN, Institute for National Strategic Studies after Drastamat Kanayan, Yerevan - “De-facto Entities in the Post-Soviet Space: Dynamics and Prospects”
GRIGOR GRIGORYAN, Yerevan State Univer sity - “The Incomplete Processes on the Geopolitical Edge”
WILLIAM WORSTER, The Hague University of Applied Sciences - “Functional De Facto Statehood in Contemporary International Law”
12.30
PANEL 2 Restaurant on first floor
FOREIGN POLICY AND MILITARY-SECURITY ISSUES OF THE POST-SOvIET DE-FACTO STATESModerators: Sergey Markedonov/Silvia Serrano
ANN TSURTSUMIA-zURABASHvILI, Dublin City University (DCU) - “The Impact of Counter-Recognition Policies on the External Legitimization of De-facto States”
GRAzvYDAS JASUTIS, Columbia University - “The Military Build-up in De-facto Entities: the Case of South Ossetia”
NINO KERESELIDzE, University of St. Andrews - “Engagement without Recognition” Policy of Georgia and the European Union towards De-facto Abkhazia”
URBAN JAKSA, University of York, United Kingdom - “State-Building in Quasi-States as a Foreign Policy Instrument for Increasing External Legitimacy”
14.30 – STANDING LUNCH
15.30
PANEL 3 Restaurant on first floor
DOMESTIC POLICIES, ECONOMICS, ELECTORAL PROCESSES AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS OF THE POST-SOvIET DE-FACTO STATESModerators: Donnacha Ó Beacháin/Laurence Broers
ANAHIT GHARIBYAN, Yerevan State Uni-ver s ity - “Understanding Elections and voting Behavior in Nagorno-Karabagh”
DAvIT MATSABERIDzE, Iv. Javakishvili Tbi li si State University - “Constitutional Debates – A Way towards the Conflict over Abkhazia”
GIULIA PRELz OLTRAMONTI, Université Libre de Bruxelles - “The De- facto Economy of a De-facto State: Looking at Abkhazia”
RAFAL CzACHOR, Wroclaw University - “Main Features of the Political Systems of Caucasian De-facto States”
18.00
ROuNDtAbLE: Conference Hall on the second floorDE-FACTO STATES IN THE POST-SOvIET SPACE: DYNAMIC OF DEvELOPMENT AND THEIR IMPLICATION ON THE REGIONAL POLITICAL PROCESSES Moderator – Laurence Broers
Participants:Aleksey MalashenkoAlexander IskandaryanSergey MarkedonovSilvia SerranoMarta-Liza MagnussonDonnacha Ó BeacháinRoy AllisonTom de Waal
20.30 - DINNER
15.30
PANEL 4 Conference Hall on the second floor
IDENTITY, PERCEPTIONS AND GENDER ISSUES IN THE POST-SOvIET DE-FACTO STATESModerators: Roy Allison/Alexander Iskandaryan
KAROLINA Ó BEACHáIN STEFAńCzAK, Dub lin City University - “Gender and Representation in Recognized and Unrecognized Sta tes: the 2012 Parliamentary Elections in Georgia and Abkhazia”
MICHAEL LAMBERT, Sorbonne Doctoral College - “Transnistrian Identity: Between Political Construction and Neglected Reality”
MINNA LUNDGREN Doctoral Student at Mid Sweden University - “Personal Risk Perception and Experiences of Risk in Gali Region Among Georgian Youth”
17.30 – COFFEE BREAK
organizers:
AlexAnder IskAndAryAnCaucasus Institute [email protected]
sergey MInAsyAnASCN coordinator in [email protected]
denIs dAfflonASCN Programme [email protected]
MArInA sAryAnProject [email protected]
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