Ann Tsurtsumia-Zurabashvili E-mail : ann. Furthermore, Ann has contributed to number of research projects on strategic planning in political parties, achieving gender balance in the parliament and the role of civil society in policy formulation. PhD research project: Counter-recognition and reintegration strategies towards de facto states in the post-Soviet space.
To make a meaningful comparison, this research incorporates all the existing cases in the post-Soviet space: three parent states and respectively, four de facto states. The study argues that parent states in the post-Soviet space have followed different paths to restore territorial integrity and contest the international recognition of their breakaway regions; at the same time, they face common territorial disputes and the intention to counter the secession.
The proposed research focuses on the following research question: How do parent states prevent international recognition of the seceded entities and attempt to restore the territorial integrity? The primary research question encompasses identification of the strategies employed by the parent states to contest the recognition of breakaway regions and reintegrate them into their state and overall impact of those counter-recognition strategies. This study will reflect on the different perspectives: the parent states, patron states, great powers and the de facto states.
The proposed dissertation project will add to the knowledge on the de facto states, the issue of territorial integrity in the post-Soviet space and the practice of the state recognition. School of Law and Government. Ann Tsurtsumia-Zurabashvili Law and Government.
