Journal of Social Sciences

13-20

Authors: Nika CHITADZE

The paper explores main theoretical and practical aspects related to the conflicts in different Regions of the World. Particularly, first chapter presents opinions of different scientists about main economic, political, ideological and social reasons of emerging conflicts within and between states. The second part of the research is dedicated to the analysis of different conflicts, particularly - the number of conflicts, causes of conflicts, statuses of different disputed territories etc. Main characters of the conflicts in Balkans, Middle East, Africa, Europe etc. are discussed.

25-29

Authors: Levent DEMIROGLU

The South Caucasus states are known to serve as a transit or energy “bridge” that delivers Caspian hydrocarbons to Europe, making the region of vital imperativeness and a point of attraction to all western powers. The issue of geopolitical configuration of forces in the Caucasus region is greatly connected with the trend of foreign powers influencing its processes, events happening within its borders and out of their lines, and with the establishment of new exporting pipelines by-passing Russia in order to minimize its place and role in the region. The paper sets out to analytically x-ray the influence, impact and position geopolitics assumes in matters of oil and gas in the south Caucasia. The paper implores the use of content analysis and review of relevant literatures in sum to attempt a comparative analysis of the subject under stud, imploring variables such as the; geostrategic, geo-economic interest of the distinctive leading geopolitical players and examining the attitude of these players in the South Caucasia region in terms of oil and gas.

41-46

Authors: David KBILASHVILI

Due to the fast technological advancement, pressures regarding environmental sustainability and social responsibility have become inseparable part of every industry. Wine industry, which is based on the agricultural products has a direct impact on the environment and consequently is involved in the general trend and increased concern of the environmental sustainability. Together with the high quality, contemporary and future consumers will expect the wine-growing and producing practices to be environmentally sustainable. This trend has the direct influence on the obvious shift of wine producers from corks to alternative twists as the top closures of the bottle. Occurring without actual tree removal, cork harvesting retains wildlife habitat in a uniquely biologically diverse landscape. Consequently important notion exists that fate of many species is tied to that of cork industry. This trend creates interesting relationship among cost reduction, environmental ustainability and customer perception and segmentation. More specifically, while alternative twist tops, other than corks, increase the ease of consuming the product, it decreases the customers’ perception of oldness, which represents an important aspect of the wine consumers purchasing behaviour. This indicates the necessity of careful analyses of the different segments of the market regarding the preferences of ease of usage or age of wines keeping in mind the environmental sustainability. Consequently the main focus will be made on presenting the findings, which will demonstrate the interesting correlation of above mentioned aspects of viti/viniculture, followed by the recommendations on proper integration of the environmental attributes in overall marketing strategies of wine producers, as the means of motivation for maintaining environmental sustainability.