Peacekeeping And The Role Of Russia In Eurasia

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

• 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