Political stability, transition and conflict

Tajikistan compared with Georgia

Bibliographic Data

ID10280445
AuthorsBabak Rezvani (0000-0001-5101-4697, Amsterdam School for Regional, Transnational and European Studies, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume55
Issue1
Pages141-156
Publication date2018-11-13
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00263206.2018.1501682
OpenAlexW2901702322
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Tajikistan and Georgia, in Central Asia and the South Caucasus respectively, are both small Soviet successor states with a recent history of political volatility and instability until the mid-2000s. Nevertheless, these independent countries have eventually developed diverging policies, notably with regard to their political alliances and world orientations. The Tajikistani Civil War resembles in many ways that of the Chechen conflict and also helps us understand the Syrian conflict. Similar to Georgia, Tajikistan had experienced the collapse of state institutions more intensely than other Soviet republics. Although contingent and actor-driven factors may have influenced the outcome, the influence of structural factors has been far greater than those agency-driven factors. This review article discusses, and tries to offer understanding and explanations for, political stability, transition and conflict in these two countries

Agency (philosophy · Ancient history · Central asia · Civil Conflict · Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political instability · Political science · Political stability · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · State (computer science · Successor cardinal · History · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Russia and Soviet political economy · Soviet and Russian History

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