This volume discusses the problem of legitimacy in Russian peacekeeping in Eurasia on the level of Russian involvement and the consequences which Russian peacekeeping holds for the international system.

Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Contributors -- PART ONE -- Introduction -- 1. Russia and Peacekeeping in Eurasia /Lena Jonson& Clive Archer -- PART TWO -- Russian Interventionism in Eurasia -- 2. The Military Background and Context to Russian Peacekeeping /Roy Allison -- 3. The Russian Domestic Debate on Policy Towards the “Near Abroad” /Alexander A. Pikayev -- 4. The Influence of the Balkan Crisis on Russia’s Peacekeeping in Its “Near Abroad” /Pavel Baev -- PART THREE -- Case Studies of Russian Peacekeeping -- 5. The Case of Tajikistan /Iver B. Neumann & Sergei Solodovnik -- 6. The Case of Transdniestr (Moldova) /Jeff Chinn -- 7. The Case of Abkhazia (Georgia) /Catherine Dale -- 8. The Case of Nagomo-Karabakh (Azerbaijan) /Dimitry Furman & Carl Johan Asenius -- PART FOUR -- Multilateral Security Organisations -- for Peacekeeping in Eurasia -- 9. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) /Anna Kreikemeyer & Andrei V. Zagorski -- 10. The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe -- (OSCE) /Piotr Switalski & Ingrid Tersman -- 11. The United Nations (UN) /Paul Taylor & Karen Smith -- 12. NATO, NACC and the Partnership for Peace /Nelson Drew -- About the Book.