Russia's Border Wars and Frozen Conflicts

"This book examines the origins and execution of Russian military and political activities in Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine, and Nagorno Karabakh. As the author argues, Russia has fomented ethnic tension in countries on its borders and provides military support to separatists. Moscow then use the peace process to deploy Russian 'peacekeepers' into the conflict zone. This book documents the origins of this ethnic unrest and the progress of the wars that followed. It begins with the current crisis in Ukraine, in which Russia used this pattern to seize Crimea. It follows with Moldova, Georgia, and Karabakh. Using a realist perspective, the author concludes that there are substantial similarities in the four case studies and places the conflicts in the context of international law and nationalism theory."--Cover.