02714nam 2200637 a 450 991081608190332120080326093452.0979-84-00-64801-41-282-40383-497866124038350-275-99917-310.5040/9798400648014(CKB)1000000000707660(EBL)492237(OCoLC)247069700(SSID)ssj0000359591(PQKBManifestationID)12152503(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359591(PQKBWorkID)10316984(PQKB)11606214(Au-PeEL)EBL492237(CaPaEBR)ebr10271350(CaONFJC)MIL3051042(MiAaPQ)EBC492237(DLC)BP9798400648014BC(EXLCZ)99100000000070766020080323e20082024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEurasia rising democracy and independence in the post-Soviet space /Georgeta Pourchot1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger Security International,2008.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2024.1 online resource (192 p.)PSI reportsDescription based upon print version of record.0-275-99916-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Sovereignty from within -- The vanguard Central European States -- The vanguard Former Soviet Republics -- The late-bloomer republics -- Russia and Eurasia - where to?.Although the score of countries comprising Russia's near abroad (the former non-Russian Soviet republics) and far abroad (the former non-Russian Warsaw Pact states) are behaving with variably increasing independence in their domestic and foreign policies, Russia continues to regard them as remaining within the same core-periphery sphere of influence formerly exerted by the Soviet Union within the same geographic space. Russia misinterprets bids by these countries to adopt liberalizing structural reforms and to join Euro-Atlantic organizations as foreign-inspired and inimical to Russia's securiPSI reports (Westport, Conn.)World politics1989-Former Soviet republicsForeign relationsRussia (Federation)Russia (Federation)Foreign relationsFormer Soviet republicsWorld politics327.47Pourchot Georgeta1604462DLCDLCBOOK9910816081903321Eurasia rising3929313UNINA