Description - Commonwealth and Independence in Post-Soviet Eurasia by Bruno Coppieters
The demise of the Soviet Union in December 1991 was followed by various attempts to create new forms of integration for the new states of Eurasia. The authors analyse in detail how the national elites in the independent states have conceived their regional policies. Georgia failed to strengthen its sovereignty through integration into Western institutions. The material on the Caucasus, Central Asia, Ukraine and Russia show that unifying projects restricted to Eurasia, like the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) or the Caucasian Home, are highly contested among post-Soviet elites. Regional integration is commonly considered to have a positive content - as the creation of political stability or the development of economic links - but each integration project is encountering serious opposition. They are generally seen as a serious limitation to the newly acquired independence, without it necessarily being considered that they enhance regional stability. In this volume, cultural factors are also taken into account in explaining the difficulties of creating cohesive regional institutions.
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