Russias Military Interventions in Georgia and Ukraine

In Russias Military Interventions, Elnur Ismayilov analyzes Russias recent military interventions in Georgia and Ukraine by assessing the driving factors the interests fueling Russian involvement and the decisions that fostered the resulting wars. Ismayilov covers the creation and transformation behind Russias post-Soviet perspectives on Ukraine and Georgia and explores the panorama of post-Soviet Russias foreign policy from the 1990s up to the turbulent present, in which Ukraine and Georgias pro-Western orientations have remained a core concern of the Kremlin. Thoughtfully, Russia is fighting against being rated as a declining regional power and confronts a palpable clash of Russian nationalism and Western liberal democracy.