Between Peace and Conflict in the East and the West: Studies on Transformation ad Development in the OSCE Region – Anja Mihr (Ed)
Editor: Anja Mihr
Publisher: Springer
Print Length: 297 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction / Development Studies
Area:Albania, Central Asia, China, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Ukraine, Tajikistan
Topic: Conflict & Post-Conflict, Development, Gender, Higher Education, Identity, Justice, Peace, Politics & Power, Security, United Nations
This open access book features various studies on democratization, transformation, socio-economic development, and security issues in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) geographical region and beyond. Written by experts and scholars working in the field of human dimension, security, transformation and development in Europe and Asia, particularly in post-soviet and communist countries, it examines the connectivity that the OSCE provides between the East and the West.
The 2021 edition of this Compilation Series of the OSCE Academy presents studies on peace and conflict as well as political regime development in various member states of the OSCE as well as their economic, security and human rights performance and the challenges countries and society face currently.
The OSCE is working in promoting Human Rights and Democratization under the notion of Human Dimension of ODIHR and is enhancing securitization and development policies in Eurasia, Europe, Central Asia and North America since 1991. 2021 marks the 30th anniversary on the tremendous efforts in promoting democracy, security and development. This compilation reviews some of these efforts in light of this anniversary, the achievements and shortcomings.
Table of Contents
Part I From Conflict to Peace in East and West
1 Conflict Management, International Parliamentary Assemblies and Small States: The Cases of Georgia and Moldova – Andrea Gawrich
2 Peacebuilding in the OSCE Region—An Analysis of the Juxtaposition Between the Conflict Prevention Center with the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund – Maurício Vieira
3 OSCE Special Monitoring in Ukraine – Frederic Oberson
4 China and The OSCE’s Security Identity Crisis – Assel Murat and Rustam Muhamedov
5 China’s Emerging Political and Economic Dominance in the OSCE Region – Uraimov Marat
6 The Role of Securitization in the Relationship Between State
and Religion—The Example of the Kyrgyz Republic – Zrinka Štimac and Indira Aslanova
7 The Power Shift from Government to Organized Crime
in Kyrgyzstan – Erlan Bakiev
8 The 2020 Violent Change in Government in Kyrgyzstan Amid
the Covid-19 Pandemic: Three Distinct Stories in One – Asel Doolotkeldieva
9 Identity and Power—The Discursive Transformation
of the Former Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan – Dastan Aleef
10 From Landlocked to Land-Linked? Central Asia’s Place
in the Eurasian Economy – Richard Pomfret
11 Gender Difference in Households’ Expenditure on Higher
Education: Evidence from Mongolia – Tansaya Khajikhan
Part II Further Research and Debates
12 Transitional Justice in Post-communist Societies—The Case
Study of Albania – Ines Stasa
13 Covid-19-Pandemic Measures in Conflict Zones in 2020
and 2021—The Case of the OSCE and South Ossetia in Georgia – Irakli Javakhishvili
14 American Classified Paper of 1988 and the Case
of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict – Michael Lambert
15 The Corona Pandemic in Central Asia – Shairbek Dzhuraev
16 “Glocal” Governance in the OSCE Region: A Research
Proposal – Anja Mihr
Anja Mihr is a political scientist, consultant, senior lecturer, writer, and researcher on International Human Rights Law, Governance, Public Policy, and Transitional Justice/Transitology focusing on Eurasia. She is the founder and program director of the Center on Governance through Human Rights at the Berlin Governance Platform in Berlin (Germany) and has held various international professorships at different institutions, such as the OSCE Academy in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), the Willy-Brandt School of Public Policy at Erfurt University (Germany), and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), University of Utrecht (Netherlands).
Source: https://www.osicoplatform.com/interview-with-dr-anja-mihr/
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