This module provides you with an understanding of contemporary Russia and Eurasia.
You will examine the recent conflicts across the region through the prism of nationalism and identity politics.
The module re-examines these conflicts by focusing on the sources of demand for national self-determination in secessionist conflicts in:
- Azerbaijan (Nagorno Karabakh)
- Georgia (Abkhazia/South Ossetia)
- Moldova (Transnistria)
- Ukraine (Crimea/Eastern Ukraine)
- Chechnya (Russian Federation)
- as well as causes of intra- and inter-ethnic violence in Central Asia.
