International Conference

«Conflicts in the Caucasus: History, the Present and Prospects for Resolution»

Baku (Azerbaijan) 22-23 October, 2012 and Tbilisi (Georgia) 25-26 October, 2012

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CHECHNYA: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND STRATEGIES FOR PEACE AND STABILITY

Edited by

Lena Jonson and Murad Esenov

The Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Stockholm 2000

© Lena Jonson & The Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Contents

• Preface

• Lena Jonson
  • Introduction

PART I: POSSIBLE RUSSIAN STRATEGIES FOR PEACE AND STABILITY IN CHECHNYA

• Aleksandr Khalmukhamedov
  • How to return to normality in Chechnya

• Emil Pain
  • The second Chechen war: possible scenarios

• Gail W. Lapidus
  • Russia’s second Chechen war: ten assumptions in search of a policy

• Kjell-Åke Nordquist
  • Comments on Part I

• Märta-Lisa Magnusson
  • Comments on Part I

PART II: POSSIBLE STRATEGIES FOR STABILIZING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

• Vitaliy Naumkin
  • On stabilization in areas neighbouring on Chechnya

• Larissa Khoperskaya
  • The Northern Caucasus: factors of confrontation and prospects for stability

• Enver Kisriev
  • Dagestan: factors of conflict and stability

• Anna Zelkina
  • Comments on Part II

• Gennady Chufrin
  • Comments on Part II

• Svante E. Cornell
  • Comments on Part II

PART III: HOW CAN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE AND STABILITY IN AND AROUND CHECHNYA?

• S. Neil MacFarlane
  • What the international community can do to settle the conflict

• Friedemann Müller
  • Events in and around Chechnya and the international community

• Odd Gunnar Skagestad
  • How can the international community contribute to peace and stability in and around Chechnya? A pessimistic reply

• Taylor Seybolt
  • Comments on Part III