1st Edition

Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States Documents, Data, and Analysis

By Zbigniew K Brzezinski Copyright 1988
    896 Pages
    by Routledge

    888 Pages
    by Routledge

    This work brings together major accords and protocols that form the institutional framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); a selection of policy statements by the leaders of CIS countries; a chronological record of political, economic and military security developments and major crises in CIS "hot spots"; and statistics and country profiles.

    Introduction - Last Gasp or Renewal. Part 1 The Reorganisation of an Empire: The Union Treaty Fails; Three Plus Eight - from USSR to CIS. Part 2 The Grand Debates - Whither, Whether and What?: Russia's "Great Power" Debate; Foreign Policy in the Non-Russian States; The Ukranian Perspective; Alternative Confederal Concepts; The Debate on Economic Integration; On Constitutional and Parliamentary Processes; The Military Debate. Part 3 The Formal Structure of the CIS: Introduction; Major CIS Structural Agreements and Protocols. Part 4 CIS "Hot Spots" (Chronologies of Key Events): Introduction; The Chechnya Conflict (1994-95); The Georgian-Abkhazian Conflict; The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict; The Moldovan/"Dniester Republic" Conflict; The Tajikistan Conflict. Part 5 Chronologies of Key CIS Developments: Introduction; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995 (January-June). Part 6 Conclusion: The Russian Bloc - Hegemony, Cooperation and Conflict. Appendices.

    Biography

    Zbigniew K. Brzezinski