As the number of peacekeeping efforts conducted internationally under the aegis of military forces increases, there is more pressure to resolve the dilemma inherent in all peacekeeping activities—how to combine efficiency with legitimacy. This dilemma is particularly acute in the many conflicts that have mushroomed in the Eurasian region following
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."
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
Lena Jonson is Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Russia Research Program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm
