to examining the extent to which Russia – by far the largest, whether measured by geography, population, economy, or … House as surrogate measures of the extent of democracy over the past two decades, it suggests that with one notable … powerful state can deploy to influence a neighbor, the paper considers the extent to which, if at all, Russia may have made use …

Russia's attempts to create a single economic space with other post-Soviet states proceed against the background of … comparative attractiveness of the European Union versus Russia as potential centers and gravity poles for regional cooperation and … integration of the post-Soviet states. It concludes that for the next five to ten years, Russia will remain an absolute attractor …

States (NIS), focusing on the new EU member states (NMS) and selected NIS (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Kazakhstan …