Global Insider: Russian Peacekeeping Grows with Russian Self-Identity

Russia announced last month that it plans to withdraw its eight helicopters and the 120 personnel who service them from the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. In an email interview, Alexander Nikitin, director of the Center for Euro-Atlantic Security at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and president emeritus of the Russian Political Science Association, discussed Russia’s involvement with international peacekeeping.

WPR: What has been Russia's recent involvement in international peacekeeping activities? ...