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42 N.C. J. Int'l L. 223 (2016-2017)
South Ossetia and Russia: The Treaty, the Takeover, the Future

handle is hein.journals/ncjint42 and id is 231 raw text is: South Ossetia and Russia: The Treaty, the Takeover, the Future Adam Sorensont I. Introduction .................................223 II. The Modem Right of Self-Determination.................225 III. The Treaty on Alliance and Integration.... .....228 A. The History of South Ossetia ......... ........228 B. The Russia-South Ossetian Treaty on Alliance and Integration ..................... .....231 IV. The Legality of The Treaty on Alliance and Integration. ............................. 234 A. Russia's Argument for Self-Determination........234 B. The Argument for State Sovereignty ... .....238 C. What This Means for the Treaty on Alliance and Integration ..................... .....241 D. Post-Treaty South Ossetia.......... .....242 E. U.S. Response to the Treaty and Recent Developments ................... .....245 IV. Looking to the Future ............... ......246 I. Introduction For decades, the West viewed everything about Russia's absolutism, size, and globe-spanning ambitions as a direct challenge to the Western idea of an international order that depends on equilibrium and the restraint of imperialistic powers.' The end of the Cold War brought an end to many of the West's fears about the spread of Russian influence throughout the world, unleashing optimism that the decline of the Soviet Union signaled the beginning of a new relationship between Russia and the West. The t J.D. Candidate 2017, University of North Carolina School of Law. i See Adam Twardowski, The Return ofNovorossiya: Why Russia's Intervention in Ukraine Exposes the Weakness ofInternational Law, 24 MINN. J. INT'L L. 351, 356 (2015) (stating the international perception of Russia).

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