Dynamics of de facto statehood
Blakkisrud, Helge , Pål Kolstøin Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 12:2.
Routledge (2012)s. 281-298.
The South Caucasian de facto states – Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Nagorno-Karabakh – have existed for almost 20 years now. This article offers a comparative analysis of how these statelets have attempted to consolidate statehood though processes of state- and nation-building.