Goodbye Post-Soviet Space?

... the “Newly Independent States” or “Eurasia”. At first glance, the concept of ... ... Some former Soviet republics have joined NATO and the European Union, while others ... ... period. Many new independent states, including Russia, have faced challenges in the form ... ... no diplomatic relations with one another (Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia and Georgia). Unregulated border disputes are ... ... practically all Central Asian states. Russia and Ukraine have not broken diplomatic relations ... ... between the two countries are at their lowest ebb since December 1991. The new independent ...