War initiation by weaker powers : Georgia-Russia war 2008
This paper tries to determine to what extent US diplomatic and military support for Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries influences these countries’ decisions to become more assertive in the region, thereby provoking Russia’s aggressive behavior. It employs Robert Jervis’s framework of ‘deterrence an...
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| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-2003 |