The Role of international Brokers in Frozen Conflicts: The Case of Transnistria
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10308-018-0522-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10308-018-0522-9</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Role of international Brokers in Frozen Conflicts: The Case of Transnistria
Original language description
The "frozen" conflict between Moldova and its separatist Transnistrian region-which developed into a de facto state-is dynamic. Despite an active nation-building project to support Transnistria's independence and a stated willingness to join Russia, Transnistria is juggling between Russia and Europe. While economically dependent on the former's subsidies and security guarantees, Transnistrian economic ties with the West are growing strong. While most studies are interested in the geopolitical game and the role of external actors, this article argues for a complementary approach that links macro- with meso-level analysis through the role of externally oriented domestic agents. First, the article shows that Transnistria pursues dual alignment in order to survive and provide the population with public goods for which they need external resources. Although Transnistria relies heavily on its patron state, Russia, facing recurrent crisis and external constraints, it has to search for complementary sources of income. Dual alignment is the result of this "multiple asymmetric dependence." Second, the article argues that local intermingled economic and political interests, embodied by businessmen with close ties not only to Russia but also to Europe, account for how this balancing act is sustained. These informal international brokers or "double agents" mobilize their political connections to support dual alignment while using their Western and Eastern business connections to consolidate their power in Transnistria. It is further argued that the role of international brokers embedded in Russian and European networks and engaging in cross-border cooperation helps understand why the Transnistrian frozen conflict seems to be withering.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/VI20152019011" target="_blank" >VI20152019011: Early warning indicators of escalating frozen conflicts</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Asia Europe Journal
ISSN
1610-2932
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
15-30
UT code for WoS article
000459486200002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85051553586