Military operations in the CIS : peacekeeping or restoration of regional hegemony?
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Advisor
Karaosmanoğul, AliDate
1994Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
Post-communist Russia has entered a new stage after nearly two years of trying
to reorient itself away from the former stereotypes of Soviet ideology. Russian
involvement in conflicts on the territory of the ex-USSR was declared by Moscow as
peacekeeping operations. This study discusses the conflict settlement in Moldova,
Abkhazia and Tajikistan and attempts to indicate that the military operations in the CIS
differ from the classical definition of peacekeeping within the theory of International
Relations. This study also questions whether the case studies can be described accurately
as the CIS peacekeeping operations. The appeal by Moscow to the international
authoritative bodies to grant Russia peacekeeper’s status proposes a veiled desire toward
the restoration of the Russian empire. Hence, peacekeeping has turned out to be a key
element in Russian overall policy to rehabilitate and maintain its influence in the territory
of the ex-USSR.