Violent Conflict Assessment of the Georgian-Russian War of 2008

explain a violent conflict of your choice (max. 2.500 words) (selection: Georgian-Russian War of 2008). Please explain the cause/outbreak of the conflict OR its ending/peace making by explicitly testing three theories of international relations (your selection, too). The central task is to perform a competitive theory test. Please make use of the usual structure, i.e. the introduction, main body with the theoretical (hypotheses!) and empirical sections, as well as the conclusion and bibliography.