This publication is an output of the Project Comparative Analysis of Regional Security and Frozen Conflicts, supported by the East-East: Partnership beyond Borders Program (EE: PBBP), Soros Foundation-Moldova and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine). The authors of the publication are the experts from Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine who tried to answer the questions on the origin and outcomes of the conflicts in their countries and to present to Ukrainian audience the negative impact the mentioned conflicts had on the development of the respective countries. The Project team tried to emphasize the tragic role of violent conflicts and to deliver the messages aimed at prevention of the repetition of such precedents in Ukraine.