| ID | 152817 |
| Title Proper | With friends like these |
| Other Title Information | brinkmanship and Chain-ganging in Russia's near abroad |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Driscoll, Jesse ; Jesse Driscoll & Daniel Maliniak ; Maliniak, Daniel |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Unrecognized statelets may be forming in the Eastern Donbas region of Ukraine under the aegis of Russian protection—a “frozen conflict.” Georgia's past provides a useful cautionary tale in reference to Ukraine's probable future. The very same conceptual debates that are currently underway in the West with respect to Ukraine—“credibility of great-power security guarantees versus chain-ganging”—have, over the past twenty years, generated policies that facilitated the rise of political coalitions within Georgia that prefer war with Russia to any other outcome. |
| `In' analytical Note | Security Studies Vol. 25, No.4; Oct-Dec 2016: p.585-607 |
| Journal Source | Security Studies Vol: 25 No 4 |
| Key Words | Russia ; Brinkmanship ; Chain-Ganging |