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Paata LEIASHVILI
Paata Leiashvili, Professor at Tbilisi State University, leading expert in the administration of the Parliament of Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia).
POST-SOVIET ETHNIC CONFLICTS: THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS REQUIRE AN IN-DEPTH STUDY
ABSTRACT
The author has proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that the economic factors provoking and aggravating the post-Soviet ethnic conflicts, and still preventing their settlement, should be studied in-depth. An interdisciplinary approach combining the findings of conflict resolution studies and economic theory can produce highly interesting results and help develop an economic policy that would help avoid future conflicts. Prof. Leiashvili concludes that ethnic conflicts should be regarded not only as social catastrophes, which they obviously are, but also, in a more positive vein, as indicators of the shortcomings of the present world order pushing society toward self-perfection and further development………………...
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