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Winkel, Dennis (2018)

Belarus and Abkhazia: Belarusian Foreign Policy Responding to Abkhazia’s Self Proclaimed Independence

Master thesis | Russian and Eurasian Studies (MA)

This thesis provides an insight in the Belarusian foreign policy response to the self-proclaimed independence of Abkhazia. The conclusion of the research question: "how has Belarusian foreign policy responded to the case of Abkhazia’s self-proclaimed independence?" is that the response can be divided into three time periods of ignoring, partially recognizing and opposing Abkhazia. The main causes identified for the way Belarus responded can be found in the EU - Russia conflict rather than the Abkhazian case individually.

Belarus

Abkhazia

Foreign Policy

Independence

Self-proclaimed

Georgia

de-facto

Author

Winkel, Dennis

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Supervisors

Frear, Matthew

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en