ABSTRACT
This book explores the phenomenon of de facto states in Eurasia: states such as Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic. It examines how they are formed, what sustains them, and how their differing development trajectories have unfolded. It argues that most of these de facto states have been formed with either direct or indirect support from Russia, but they all have their own internal logic and are not simply puppets in the hands of a powerful patron. The book provides detailed case studies and draws out general patterns, and compares present-day de facto states with de facto states which existed in the past.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section 1|32 pages
De facto statehood
part Section 2|38 pages
Russian territorial expansion and de facto states in the first half of 20th century
part Section 3|78 pages
The emergence of de facto states
chapter 3.3|27 pages
Nagorno-Karabakh and Javakheti
chapter 3.4|20 pages
Unfinished story of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics
part Section 4|90 pages
How de facto states are sustained and instrumentalized
chapter 4.4|17 pages
The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the Republic of Armenia
chapter 4.5|22 pages
Inside a de facto state
part Section 5|52 pages
Why de facto states fail