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Zusatztext Russia, the West, and military intervention is well written and meticulously researched (56 of its 320 pages are devoted to endnotes). It will serve both to confirm and to enhance Roy Allisons reputation as one of the leading analysts of Russian foreign and military policy. Informationen zum Autor Dr Allison is University Lecturer in the International Relations of Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow at St. Antony's College. His previous positions include Reader in International Relations, London School of Economics and Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). He is on the editorial or advisory board of 'International Affairs', 'European Security' and 'Central Asian Survey', among other journals, and has directed numerous major research projects. He is the co-author of 'Putin's Russia and the Enlarged Europe' (Blackwell/RIIA, 2006) and 'Internal Factors in Russian Foreign Policy' (OUP, 1996); author of 'The Soviet Union and the Strategy of Non-Alignment in the Third World' (CUP, 1990) and 'Finland's Relations with the Soviet Union, 1944-1994' (Macmillan, 1985), and has edited or co-edited a further five books. Klappentext A detailed and carefully structured study of Soviet/Russian attitudes and responses to military interventions. It explores cases from the Gulf War in 1990 to the intervention led by Western states in Libya in 2011. Zusammenfassung A detailed and carefully structured study of Soviet/Russian attitudes and responses to military interventions. It explores cases from the Gulf War in 1990 to the intervention led by Western states in Libya in 2011. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Military Intervention, Norms and the Case of Russia 2: The Soviet Union and Cold War Interventions 3: Humanitarian Intervention, Kosovo and Beyond: Divergent Norms 4: Afghanistan and the 'Global War on Terror': A New Basis for Consensus? 5: Pre-emption, the Iraq War and the Spectre of Unconstrained Force 6: Contested Norms in the CIS Regional Order 7: Russian Intervention in Georgia 2008 8: Russian Global Perspectives and Contemporary Military Intervention 9: Conclusion ...
