Download or read book Russian Peacekeeping Strategies in the CIS written by Dov Lynch and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peacekeeping operations have become a central issue in international relations since the end of the Cold War. Russian peacekeeping operations in the conflicts in the former Soviet Union have raised significant controversy in the West, but little systematic attention. This major study examines the evolution of Russian policy towards these conflicts on its periphery. This work underlines the mixture of defensive and offensive stimuli driving Russian "peacekeeping" strategies, and highlights the dangers that the new Russian Federation faces in undertaking these operations.