Comparing regional and ethnic conflicts in post-Soviet transition states / James Hughes, Gwendolyn Sasse -- Managing secession potential in the Russian Federation / James Hughes -- The 'New' Ukraine : a state of regions / Gwendolyn Sasse -- Regionalism in Moldova : the case of Transnistria and Gagauzia / Steven D. Roper -- Multinationality, regions and state-building : the failed transition in Georgia / Monica Duffy Toft -- The Irony of Nagorno-Karabakh : formal institutions versus informal politics / Razmik Panossian -- Patterns of centre-regional relations in Central Asia : the cases of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan / Neil J. Melvin -- The OSCE and regional conflicts in the former Soviet Union / Natalie Mychajlyszyn -- Conflict and accommodation in the former Soviet Union : the role of institutions and regimes / James Hughes, Gwendolyn Sasse.