Table of Contents

Introduction Anton Bebler 7

Republic of Cyprus vs. Northern Cyprus

The Cyprus Problem James Ker-Lindsay 19

Comments Muhittin Tolga Ozsaglam 35

International Crisis Group: Recommendations 39

Moldova vs. Transnistria

The Transnistrian conflict Natalya Belitser 45

OSCE's efforts to resolve the conflict Erwan Fouere 57

Georgia vs. Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia

The conflict in and over Abkhazia Sergey Markedonov 71

Comments David Matsaberidze 107

The South Ossetia conflict Sergey Markedonov 111

Comments David Matsaberidze 119

International Crisis Group: Recommendations 121

Azerbaijan vs. Nagorny Karabakh

The elusive search for resolution of the Nagorny Karabakh dispute Thomas de Waal 125

Comments Irada Baghirova 137

Comments Aram Simonyan Menua Soghomonyan Alik Gharibyan 143

International Crisis Group: Recommendations 147

Serbia vs. Kosovo

The Serbia-Kosovo conflict Anton Bebler 151

The normalization agreements between Kosovo and Serbia Ilir Deda 171

The Kosovo Serbs and normalization Oliver Jvanovic 179

Serbia's recognizing realities Sonja Biserko 183

Ukraine vs. Russia

Crimea and the Ukrainian-Russian conflict Anton Bebler 189

List of Contributors 209

Index 211