Picking Sides: The End of the Independence Option for South Ossetia (March 2015)

This blog was originally published on the European Leadership Network in March 2015: https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/commentary/picking-sides-the-end-of-the-independence-option-for-south-ossetia/ The Agreement on Alliance and Integration between Russia and South Ossetia was signed on the 18 March, South Ossetia’s most significant political event in recent years. The manner in which the Agreement emerged was so opaque that it is difficult to …