Peacekeeping and the Role of Russia in Eurasia

ISBN-13: 9780367297978 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 240 str.

Lena Jonson; Clive Archer

Opis

The contributors to this timely volume evaluate the factors that guarantee Russia's intervention in its "near abroad." They debate whether Russian "peacekeeping" is legitimate according to international norms or whether it may be a harbinger of "neoimperialism."

Spis treści

Introduction -- Russia and Peacekeeping in Eurasia -- Russian Interventionism in Eurasia -- The Military Background and Context to Russian Peacekeeping -- The Russian Domestic Debate on Policy Toward the “Near Abroad” -- The Influence of the Balkan Crisis on Russia's Peacekeeping in Its "Near Abroad" -- Case Studies of Russian Peacekeeping -- The Case of Tajikistan -- The Case of Transdniestr (Moldova) -- The Case of Abkhazia (Georgia) -- The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan) -- Multilateral Security Organisations for Peacekeeping in Eurasia -- The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) -- The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) -- The United Nations (UN) -- NATO, NACC and the Partnership for Peace

O autorze

Lena Jonson is Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Russia Research Program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm