From Pristina to Tskhinvali
The legacy of Operation Allied Force in Russia's relations with the West
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4034673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Derek Averre (University of Birmingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 575-591 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2346.2009.00815.x |
| OpenAlex | W2047173158 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
This article reviews the main developments in the Kosovo crisis in the context of relations between Russia and NATO/the West. For Moscow, Operation Allied Force constituted a flagrant breach of international law, a threat to post-Cold War European security governance and a challenge to Russia's status in the international order. Official Russian interpretations, heavily influenced by domestic politics, reflect a perception among Russia's political elite that, rather than upholding liberal democratic values, NATO's intervention constituted a selective defence of the interests of the leading western powers. Such views have influenced Moscow's position on the thorny question of Kosovo's independence and Russia's more assertive foreign and security policy in the recent period, not least in the conflict over South Ossetia in August 2008. Ultimately, Operation Allied Force resulted in the Russian governing elite reassessing its views on statehood, the international order and the norms underpinning international society
Collective security · Context (archaeology) · Democracy · Elite · Foreign policy · Geography · Independence (probability theory) · International law · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Territorial integrity · Use of force · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · European Politics and Security · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
Multilateralism, Multipolarity, and Beyond
Carr goes east
The Position of Russian Diplomacy Toward the Kosovo Issue 1998-1999
Weaponisation of Interdependence
Mediating sovereignty
When ‘blurring’ becomes the norm and secession is justified as the exception
Adding Insult to Injury? Status Denial, Resentment, and the Foundations of Russian Foreign Policy
Russia and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation
Is Russia Out of Step with European Norms? Assessing Russia's Relationship to European Identity, Values and Norms Through the Issue of Self-Determination
The Uses of Sovereignty in Twenty-first Century Russian Foreign Policy
Nato
Russian Foreign Policy in the Realm of European Security through the Lens of Neoclassical Realism
Contempt, fear, and hubris
Europe between Russia’s self and others
From Cooperative to Contested Europe? The Conflict in Ukraine as a Culmination of a Long-Term Crisis in EU–Russia Relations
The Evolution of Russia's OSCE Policy
Between Deference and Defiance
The politics of unpredictability
Multipolarity as resistance to liberal norms
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,27 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |