Goodbye Post-Soviet Space?

... it with another definition” [1] such as the “Newly Independent States” or “Eurasia”. At first glance, the concept of the “post-Soviet space” is firmly tied... ... the borders formed during the Soviet period. Many new independent states, including Russia, have faced challenges in the form of separatists and lived through ethno-political... ... republics of the Soviet Union, four have no diplomatic relations with one another (Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia and Georgia). Unregulated border disputes are the bane of practically...