CHAIR
Rainer Ruge
(EU, Brussels, Belgium)
PAPERS
Donnacha Ó Beacháin
(Dublin City U, Ireland)
Explaining the Recognitions and Derecognitions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Daria Isachenko
(Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt Oder, Germany)
Unrecognized Cooperation in Post-Soviet Eurasia:
The Case Study of Abkhazia-Transnistria Relations
Bruno Coppieters
(Free U of Brussels, Belgium)
Is Pluto a Planet? Is Abkhazia a State?
Defining Basic Entities in Astronomy, International Law and Political Science
Till Spanke
(LSE, UK)
Leverage and Instruments of Patron States in Shaping State Building Processes
in De Facto States: The Case of Russian Involvement in Abkhazia
DISCUSSANT
Gëzim Visoka
(Dublin City U, Ireland)