CONTEMPORARY EURASIA VOLUME VIII (1) ContemporaryEurasia81 | Page 3

CONTENTS
TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
1. LILIT HARUTYUNYAN
PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS IN LEBANON: GOVERNANCE
AND VIOLENCE .............................................................................. 5
2. LEVON HOVSEPYAN
DIMINISHING INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY OF TURKISH
ARMED
FORCES:
IS
POLITICIZATION
AND
TRANSFORMATION OF ITS INSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY ON THE
WAY? ............................................................................................. 20
3. ARAKS PASHAYAN
SAUDI ARABIA ON THE ROAD TO MODERNIZATION: REALITY
OR MYTH?. .................................................................................... 34
SMALL STATES BETWEEN GREAT POWERS
4. MAXIMILIAN OHLE, RICHARD J. COOK, ZHAOYING
HAN & RYSBEK MAMAZHANOV
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE: WHAT IS BISHKEK’S HEDGING
STRATAGEM? ................................................................................ 45
5. BENIAMIN MAILYAN
IMPERATIVES
OF
GEORGIAN
DIPLOMACY AND THE
COOPERATION OF TBILISI AND BEIJING ................................. 63
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
6. YULONG DAI
STRATEGIES ON TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION- A CASE STUDY
ON THE PEDRA BRANCA DISPUTE ........................................... 76
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