000			01025cam a2200193 4500
020			_a0333744756 (hbk.): _c42.50 UK
100		1	_aLYNCH Dov
245		0	_aRussian peacekeeping strategies in the CIS: _bthe cases of Moldova, Georgia and Tajikistan
260			_aBasingstoke, UK: _bMacmillan Press, _c1999
300			_a265p.
520		3	_aDrawing on case studies from the Russian 'near abroad' this book shows that since the end of the Cold War, Russia has used peacekeeping actions as a means of extending influence. Shows also the influence of internal and external pressures on Russian strategy and concludes that the CIS is a weakening organization, that the cost of such operations may be too great for the Russian government to bear, and that military presence abroad no longer equates to Russian influence on its near abroad neighbours.
650			_aCIS
650			_aGEORGIA
650			_aMOLDOVA
650			_aPEACEKEEPING
650			_aRUSSIA _xFOREIGN POLICY
650			_aTAJIKISTAN
945			_i0011141 _rN _sY
999			_c46357 _d46357