Title The neighborhood effect : the imperial roots of regional fracture in Eurasia / Anna Ohanyan

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations Contents The neighborhood effect : from empires and states to regional resiliency -- How to study imperial peripheries as political regions -- The imperial roots of armed conflict in Eurasia -- The Habsburg Empire and the Bosnian province -- The Ottoman Empire and Eastern Anatolia -- The Russian Empire and Transcaucasia -- Paired peripheries and (c)old conflicts -- Peace by proxy : the neighborhood effect in turbulent times Summary "Why are certain regions of the world mired in conflict? And how did some regions in Eurasia emerge from the Cold War as peaceful and resilient? Why do conflicts ignite in Bosnia, Donbas, and Damascus--once on the peripheries of mighty empires--yet other postimperial peripheries like the Baltics or Central Europe enjoy quiet stability? Anna Ohanyan argues for the salience of the neighborhood effect: the complex regional connectivity among ethnic-religious communities that can form resilient regions. In an account of Eurasian regional formation that stretches back long before the nation-state, Ohanyan refutes the notion that stable regions are the luxury of prosperous, stable, democratic states. She examines case studies from regions once on the fringes of the Habsburg, Ottoman, and Russian Empires to find the often-overlooked patterns of bonding and bridging, or clustering and isolation of political power and social resources, that are associated with regional resilience or fracture in those regions today. With comparative examples from Latin America and Africa, The Neighborhood Effect offers a new explanation for the conflicts we are likely to see emerge as the unipolar US-led order dissolves, making the fractures in regional neighborhoods painfully evident. And it points the way to the future of peacebuilding: making space for the smaller links and connections that comprise a stable neighborhood"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Security, International -- Eurasia Imperialism -- History Regionalism (International organization) Diplomatic relations Ethnic relations -- Political aspects Imperialism Politics and government Regionalism (International organization) Security, International Warfare & defence. Warfare and Defence. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General SUBJECT Eurasia -- Foreign relations Eurasia -- Politics and government Eurasia -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects Subject Eurasia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021056558 ISBN 1503632067 9781503632066

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