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The new Russian Federation, confined within borders that have no historical precedent, faces the dual challenge of decolonization in the former Soviet Union and the fashioning of a new identity. The Russian leadership is confronted by a complex imperial legacy in the region, in the form of economic interdependence, a large Russian diaspora and an extensive military infrastructure. By virtue of its size and this legacy, the Russian Federation lies at the heart of the new system of relations that is emerging among the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. The fashioning of a new Russian identity will play a determining role in defining this nascent regional system.
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Johan Joergan-Holst (1990) ‘Enhancing Peacekeeping Operations’, Survival, vol. 32, no. 3, (May/June), pp. 264–5.
See, for example, Scott Parrish (1996) ‘Chaos in Foreign Policy Decision-Making’, Transitions (17 May), in which it is argued that Russian foreign policy does not ‘reflect a broader design, careful planning or cool deliberation’.
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Lynch, D. (2000). Introduction. In: Russian Peacekeeping Strategies in the CIS. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333984215_1
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