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The South Caucasus is often overshadowed by the conflict in the north and neglected by outsiders through lack of informed debate and balanced analysis. Much of the region is, nevertheless, characterized by a situation of frozen conflicts and de facto mini-states, which, in stark comparison to South Eastern Europe have not awoken the interest of external actors. Although conflict is not uncommon to the South Caucasus - from Abkhazia to Nagorno Karabakh to South Ossetia - recent history nevertheless demonstrates that there is both the potential for conflict prevention as well as conflict, for accommodation as well as violent upheaval, especially where the involvement of international actors is concerned.