Chechnya and regional order: The bear against the scimitar
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2002
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Barrios Oviedo, Antonio
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
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El fin de la Guerra Fría se inauguró como remate de una posible guerra nuclear entre las superpotencias como Estados Unidos y la Unión Soviética. Pero esta nueva era ha comenzado con una escalada de conflictos étnicos comunales en algunas regiones de Europa. La Guerra de los Balcanes, los problemas en los Estados de Asia Central y la región del Cáucaso son parte de una dinámica de cambio y conflicto. Por otro lado, la posguerra fría nos ha mostrado la brutalidad de la guerra cuando los medios de comunicación han jugado un papel clave en las transmisiones de las guerras en todo el mundo. Así que la Guerra de Chechenia inicia una nueva era de carrera armamentista en el Cáucaso. La principal estrategia de Rusia no es terminar la guerra de Chechenia lo antes posible, sino justificar su presencia en el resto de toda la región para evitar la extensión de la guerra fuera de las fronteras y más allá de la cordillera del Cáucaso.
The end of the Cold War was inaugurated as finishing of possible nuclear war between the superpowers as the United States and Soviet Union. But this new era has begun with an escalation of communal ethnical conflicts in some regions in Europe. The Balkans War, the problems in Central Asian States, and the Caucasus region are part of dynamic of change and conflict. On the other hand, the post Cold War has showed us the brutality of war when the mass media has played a key role in transmissions of the wars in whole world. So the Chechnya´s War begins a new era of armament race in the Caucasus. The main strategy of Russia is not to finish the Chechen war as soon as possible, but to justify its presence in the rest of whole region to avoid the extension of the war outside the frontiers and farther the Caucasus range.
The end of the Cold War was inaugurated as finishing of possible nuclear war between the superpowers as the United States and Soviet Union. But this new era has begun with an escalation of communal ethnical conflicts in some regions in Europe. The Balkans War, the problems in Central Asian States, and the Caucasus region are part of dynamic of change and conflict. On the other hand, the post Cold War has showed us the brutality of war when the mass media has played a key role in transmissions of the wars in whole world. So the Chechnya´s War begins a new era of armament race in the Caucasus. The main strategy of Russia is not to finish the Chechen war as soon as possible, but to justify its presence in the rest of whole region to avoid the extension of the war outside the frontiers and farther the Caucasus range.
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CÁUCASO, CHECHNYA, GUERRA, RUSIA, CAUCASUS, WAR