Russia's Border Wars and Frozen Conflicts

• Main Author: Coyle, James J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Russia-Politics and government.; Comparative politics.; World politics.; International relations.; Regionalism.; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics.; Comparative Politics.; Political History.; Foreign Policy.
• Physical Description: XI, 333 p. 6 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319522043
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52204-3

This book examines the origins and execution of Russian military and political activities in Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. Using a realist perspective, the author concludes that there are substantial similarities in the four case studies: Russian support for minority separatist movements, conflict, Russian intervention as peacekeepers, Russian control over the diplomatic process to prevent resolution of the conflict, and a perpetuation of Russian presence in the area. The author places the conflicts in the context of international law and nationalism theory.