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Success in the Toughest of Cases: The Normative Surprise over Chechnya from Internal Conditionality

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The Russian-Chechen wars provoke images of some of the most ruthless brutality in post-communist Europe. The Council of Europe (CoE), by contrast, is the typification of non-coercive expressions of normative values in world politics. In other words, this intergovernmental body practices the softest aspects of contemporary world politics. What could be the connection between the conflict and the Council?

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Fawn, R. (2013). Success in the Toughest of Cases: The Normative Surprise over Chechnya from Internal Conditionality. In: International Organizations and Internal Conditionality. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137305497_5

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