Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent

Assembled here is a documentary portrait of the CIS, drawing on more than 500 official publications and releases and reports from the broadcast and print media. Excep-tionally comprehensive in scope and breadth, Russia and the Commonwealth of lndepen-dent States presents the actual texts of CIS accords and protocols as well as commentary from leading journalists and political actors.

The documents are grouped within 10 chapters. Each chapter is preceded by introductory notes written by the editors, supplying historical background and identification of key issues surrounding the documents presented.

Also included is a collection of maps which provide geographical detail of the CIS, Russia's Ethnic Republics. The Caucasus and Central Asia, Major Muslim Ethnic Groups in Armenia, Iran, and the Islamic Commonwealth States, and the Major Defense Facilities in the CIS Territory.

The volume concludes with five appendixes which provide a chronological listing of key events, CIS development, CIS data, and Country Profiles, in which a political profile, area map, ec

Introduction
Last Gasp or Renewal?
The Reorganization of an Empire
The Union Treaty Fails
Three Plus Eight: From USSR to CIS
The Grand Debates: Whither, Whether and What?
Russia's Great Power Debate
Foreign Policy in the Non-Russian States
The Ukrainian Perspective
Alternative Confederal Concepts
The Debate on Economic Integration
On Constitutional and Parliamentary Processes
The Military Debate
The Formal Structure of the CIS
Major CIS Structural Agreements and Protocols
Conclusion
The Russian Bloc: Hegemony, Cooperation and Conflict
CIS Hot Spots (Chronologies of Key Events)
The Chechnya Conflict (1994-95)
The Georgian/Abkhazian Conflict
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
The Moldovan/Dniester Republic Conflict
The Tajikistan Conflict
Chronologies of Key CIS Developments (Political, Economic, Military): 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995
CIS Statistics
List of Key CIS Officials
State Currencies and Dates Introduced
Energy Dependency in the CIS
CIS Maps
Major ethnic groups in Central Asia
Major Muslim ethnic groups in Armenia, Iran, and the Islamic Commonwealth states
Russian Peacekeeping Troops in the near abroad
Major Defense Facilities in the CIS Territory
Country Profiles; Republic of Armenia
Azerbaijani Republic
Republic of Belarus
Republic of Georgia
Republic of Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Republic of Tajikistan
Republic of Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Republic of Uzbekistan
Bibliography
Addresses and Telephone Numbers of CIS Embassies and Consulates in the United States
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