Legal Aspects of the Regional Integration Processes in the Post-Soviet Area

by Zhenis Kembayev

Overview

Legal Aspects of the Regional Integration Processes in the Post-Soviet Area is the first ever comprehensive overview of regional integration processes in the territory of the former USSR introducing the core concepts of regional integration theory and presenting a solid foundation of factual information regarding all the regional integration agreements (RIAs) operating in the Eurasian landmass and consisting of the former Soviet republics. The book analyzes the legal nature and background of the regional integration in the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Russian-Belarusian Union, the Single Economic Space, the Eurasian Economic Community and the Collective Security Treaty Organization. It also deals with the RIAs created outside of the Russian control in the format of GUAM and among Central Asian countries. Finally, the book contains conclusive remarks attempting to assess the possibility of the creation of an Eurasian Union.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642099601
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	11/19/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Pages:	217
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Regions, Integration and Regional Integration Agreements.- Regional Integration in the Framework of the Entire Post-Soviet Area.- RIAs Pursuing Advanced Forms of Integration in the Post-Soviet Area.- Regional Integration Agreements Created Outside of the Russian Control.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“This profound work on the documents stands out from existing literature and is a very valuable contribution to the research in this field. It is especially valuable for the growing number of scholars of comparative regionalism who show interest in regional organisations in the post-Soviet area but have limited access to Russian language resources. … The book is very helpful in providing an introduction to various Russian-language publications often not available to researchers outside the post-Soviet space.” (Katharina Hoffmann, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 65 (1), 2013)

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