THE REGIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL CAUCASUS: POLITICAL STRUCTURE AND CONFLICTS

Abstract

In this article, the author assesses the impact of the political structure of a regional security system on its proneness to conflict. Political factors (obviously not the only explanation for regional tension) belong to the sum-total of factors that should primarily be discussed for the purposes of assessing conflict development in the region. The studies of the security system of the post-Soviet Central Caucasus presented in the article suggest that the specifics of the regional political structure were conducive to the emergence of armed conflicts and their preservation.