Regional Fracture and Its Intractability in World Politics: The Case of the Late Ottoman Empire

{
  "authors": [
    "Anna Ohanyan"
  ],
  "type": "legacyinthemedia",
  "centerAffiliationAll": "dc",
  "centers": [
    "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace"
  ],
  "collections": [],
  "englishNewsletterAll": "ctw",
  "nonEnglishNewsletterAll": "",
  "primaryCenter": "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace",
  "programAffiliation": "russia",
  "programs": [
    "Russia and Eurasia"
  ],
  "projects": [],
  "regions": [],
  "topics": [
    "Democracy"
  ]
}

In The Media

Regional Fracture and Its Intractability in World Politics: The Case of the Late Ottoman Empire

Scholars have long grappled with the puzzle as to why some regions become peaceful and resilient while others crumble into perpetual insecurity. Much of the scholarship that they produced viewed regional formations as extensions of the state system.

By Anna Ohanyan

Published on Sep 21, 2021

Nationalities Papers

About the Author

Anna Ohanyan

Nonresident Senior Scholar, Russia and Eurasia Program

Anna Ohanyan is a nonresident senior scholar in the Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Program.

Recent Work

Article
Can Turkey Cut the Gordian Knot in the Caucasus?
- Anna Ohanyan
Commentary
Is Armenia’s Move to Join the ICC a Strategic Necessity or Geopolitical Suicide?
- Anna Ohanyan

Democracy

Carnegie India does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

More Work from Carnegie India

Commentary
Is U.S. Foreign Policy Too Hostile to China?
Experts weigh in on whether the United States is too hostile toward China.
Stephen Wertheim, Evan S. Medeiros, Vijay Gokhale
Article
Intrusive Pandemic-Era Monitoring Is the Same Old Surveillance State, Not a New One
Governments around the world are turning to new forms of digital surveillance to monitor the spread of the coronavirus, though they are mostly using existing laws to do so.
Anirudh Burman
Commentary
Indian Society Must Find Ways to Hold ‘Privileged’ Judicial Community Accountable
In recent years, some of the most dramatic situations in Indian public life have arisen in the higher judiciary—an arm of the state ideally characterized by collegiality, scholarship, predictability, and remoteness from raucous politics.
Suyash Rai, Anirudh Burman
Commentary
Emergency, From the Outside
There are many lessons to be drawn from the darker days of India’s political history. The one that ought to be demystified is the view that the suspension or promotion of democracy necessarily stuns or shocks international leaders to the extent that those in India might expect them to.
Rudra Chaudhuri
Commentary
India’s Democratic Marketplace for Criminality
In India, it is useful to view the relative success of criminal politicians as a byproduct of democratic practice, rather than its authoritarian antithesis.
Milan Vaishnav

More Work from Carnegie India

Commentary

Is U.S. Foreign Policy Too Hostile to China?

Experts weigh in on whether the United States is too hostile toward China.

Stephen Wertheim, Evan S. Medeiros, Vijay Gokhale

Article

Intrusive Pandemic-Era Monitoring Is the Same Old Surveillance State, Not a New One

Governments around the world are turning to new forms of digital surveillance to monitor the spread of the coronavirus, though they are mostly using existing laws to do so.

Anirudh Burman

Commentary

Indian Society Must Find Ways to Hold ‘Privileged’ Judicial Community Accountable

In recent years, some of the most dramatic situations in Indian public life have arisen in the higher judiciary—an arm of the state ideally characterized by collegiality, scholarship, predictability, and remoteness from raucous politics.

Suyash Rai, Anirudh Burman

Commentary

Emergency, From the Outside

There are many lessons to be drawn from the darker days of India’s political history. The one that ought to be demystified is the view that the suspension or promotion of democracy necessarily stuns or shocks international leaders to the extent that those in India might expect them to.

Rudra Chaudhuri

Commentary

India’s Democratic Marketplace for Criminality

In India, it is useful to view the relative success of criminal politicians as a byproduct of democratic practice, rather than its authoritarian antithesis.

Milan Vaishnav