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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="book-review" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">51308</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2026-26-2-417-421</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">FVLOGF</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>REVIEWS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>РЕЦЕНЗИИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>评论</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Book review: Kjeksrud, S. (2023). Using Force to Protect Civilians: Successes and Failures of United Nations Peace Operations in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 240 p.</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Рецензия на книгу: Kjeksrud S. Using Force to Protect Civilians: Successes and Failures of United Nations Peace Operations in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. 240 p.</trans-title></trans-title-group><trans-title-group xml:lang="zh"><trans-title/></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0475-6713</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">4547-0007</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Medushevsky</surname><given-names>Nikolaj A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Медушевский</surname><given-names>Николай Андреевич</given-names></name><name xml:lang="zh"><surname></surname><given-names></given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Dr. of Sc. (Political Science), Professor, Department of Modern East and Africa, Russian State University for the Humanities; Professor, Department of Comparative Politics, RUDN University</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор политических наук, профессор кафедры современного Востока и Африки, Российский государственный гуманитарный университет; профессор кафедры сравнительной политологии, Российский университет дружбы народов</p></bio><email>lucky5659@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Russian State University for the Humanities</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский государственный гуманитарный университет</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="zh"></institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">RUDN University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-07-08" publication-format="electronic"><day>08</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>26</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">International Relations in the Digital Era: New Opportunities and Traditional Challenges</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Международные отношения в цифровую эпоху: новые возможности и традиционные вызовы</issue-title><fpage>417</fpage><lpage>421</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-07-14"><day>14</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Medushevsky N.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Медушевский Н.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="zh">Copyright ©; 2026, Medushevsky N.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Medushevsky N.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Медушевский Н.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="zh">Medushevsky N.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/51308">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/51308</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>-</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>-</p></trans-abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="zh"/><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Kjeksrud, S. (2023). Using force to protect civilians: Successes and failures of United Nations peace operations in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Pushkina, D. B. (2020). Successes and failures of United Nations peace operations. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 65(1), 261-277. https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2020.115; EDN: RWIJEJ</mixed-citation></ref></ref-list></back></article>
