Publisher's Synopsis
The 14th of August 2022 is the 30th anniversary of the start of the war between the Georgians and the Abkhazians in the decades-long dispute over ownership of the small territory known to the autochthonous Abkhazians as Apsny, to the Georgians as apxazeti, and to most of the world as Abkhazia. For much of the world the territory remains either a thoroughly unknown or, at best, poorly known country, and, for many, a disputed region...
This project is the continuation of the earlier "Reflections on Abkhazia: [14 August] 1992-2012", which was completed 10 years ago. It aims to bring together different points of view on Abkhazia and the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict. The authors were given complete freedom regarding the content of their texts. The views they express in their contributions for this project do not necessarily reflect the views of the AbkhazWorld.com website. The texts have been listed alphabetically according to the names of the authors. List of authors:Aivar Jürgenson, Alexander Iskandaryan, Aslanbek Mirzoev, Beslan Kobakhia, Cem Kumuk, Charlotte Hille, Christopher Langton, Clayton Payne, Dieter Boden, Dodge Billingsley, Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Edward Mihalkanin, Elçin Basol, Fehim Tastekin, Giulia Prelz Oltramonti, Inal Khashig, Jade Cemre Erciyes, Karlos Zurutuza, Ketevan Murusidze, Kieran Pender, Marina Elbakidze, Maxim Gvindzhia, Natella Akaba, Paata Zakareishvili, Patrick Armstrong, Paula Garb, Ramesh Ganohariti, Rick Fawn, Stanislav Lakoba, Stephen Shenfield, Thomas de Waal, Timothy K. Blauvelt, Ucha Nanuashvili, Uwe Klussmann, Ümit Dinçer & Yasemin Oral, Vadim Mukhanov, Vitaly Sharia, Vladislav Bugera, Zaira Khiba. Metin Sonmez (Comp. & Ed.) & George B. Hewitt (Ed.)
