Building Security in the New States of Eurasia: Subregional Cooperation in the Former Soviet Space : Subregional Cooperation in the Former Soviet Space

This pathbreaking study brings together international experts to consider security issues and the experience and potential for cooperation in the subregions of the former Soviet Union. Appendices to the volume provide maps, a guide to acronyms, profiles of existing subregional organizations, and a chronology of cooperative agreements signed in the region since 1991. Introduction / Renata Dwan -- Trade Initiatives In Central Asia: The Economic Cooperation Organization And The Central Asian Economic Community / Richard Pomfret -- Guuam: The Maturing Of A Political Grouping Into Economic Cooperation / Oleksandr Pavliuk -- The Customs Union Of Five And The Russia-belarus Union / Vyachaslau Paznyak -- Russian Regions In Subregional Cooperation / Natan M. Shklyar -- Russian Policies And Non-policies Toward Subregional Projects Around Its Borders / Pavel K. Baev -- Subregional Cooperation And Security In The Cis / Roy Allison -- Energy Development And Transport Network Cooperation In Central Asia And The South Caucasus / Friedemann Müller -- Ethnicity And Subregional Relations: The Role Of The Russian Diasporas / Pål Kolstø -- Islam, Transnationalism, And Subregionalism In The Cis / Edmund Herzig -- Conclusion / Renata Dwan And Oleksandr Pavliuk -- Selected Chronology Of Cooperative Initiatives In And Around The Cis, 1991-99. Edited By Renata Dwan And Oleksandr Pavliuk. The Third And Final Volume Of A Collection Of Papers Stemming From Seminars And Meetings Which Were Held As Part Of A Three-year Research And Policy Project Undertaken In 1996 By The Eastwest Institute. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.