@incollection{2021:kemoklidze:in_the_abs,
title = {In the Absence of Field Missions: The OSCE’s Engagement with Georgia’s Conflicts},
year = {2021},
note = {Since the OSCE Mission to Georgia closed its seventeen-year field
operations in 2009, questions have remained about the OSCE’s
engagement with Georgia and the prospects of it playing a meaningful
role in the conflicts in Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South
Ossetia. In 2009, the OSCE was forced to terminate its field
operations due to Russia’s refusal to renew the Mission’s mandate
following the August 2008 Russian-Georgian war. Since then, the
OSCE’s involvement in Georgia’s conflicts has continued mainly
through the Geneva International Discussions and the Incident
Prevention and Response Mechanism. This paper examines the OSCE’s
engagement in Georgia, with a particular focus on its “engagement
without presence” in Georgia’s conflicts. It considers the
prospects for a future relationship between Georgia and the OSCE and
the role the OSCE can still play in these conflicts.},
booktitle = {OSCE Insights 2021},
pages = {161--172},
edition = {},
author = {Kemoklidze, Nino},
publisher = {Nomos},
address = {Baden-Baden},
series = {},
volume = {}
}