CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Nikolaenko, Georgii |
|---|---|
| Title | The Legitimacy of (Non)Recognition: The Case of Transnistria |
| Summary | The aim of this thesis was to show how international actors сan be recognized in ways other than legally. The link to legitimacy in its contextual understanding devised by Friedrich Kratochwil was applied to perform an in-depth analysis of the case of Transnistria. This thesis argues that recogntion in international relations is not confined to diplomatic recognition – in fact, there are instances of informal recognition. In the case of Transnistria, this recognition manifests itself in relation to the narrative which was produced by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and EUBAM. As a result, the OSCE Mission to Moldova and EUBAM appear to be capable of endowing other actors with recognition as the recognition of Transnistria is legitimized by the two missions |
| Supervisor | Kurowska, Xymena |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/nikolaenko_georgii.pdf |
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