Getting It Wrong

Regional Cooperation and the Commonwealth of Independent States

By: Martha Brill Olcott, Anders Aslund, Sherman W. Garnett

Write A Review

Paperback | 18 January 2022

At a Glance

Paperback
272 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91

Paperback

$41.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $10.44 with

or

Ships in 15 to 25 business days

On December 8, 1991, even before the Soviet Union was officially dissolved, the leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine met in the Belovezh Forest outside Minsk to lay the groundwork for the post-Soviet era. There they signed what became known as the Belovezh Accords, creating the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Two weeks later, eight other Soviet republics joined the three founding members. In the void left by the collapse of the USSR, the CIS was to become a superstructure that would coordinate the foreign and security policies of the member states, develop a common economic space, and provide for an orderly transition from the Soviet Union to the post-Soviet phase.
In reality, the CIS has failed. For Russia, the CIS has not served as a vehicle for exerting control over its neighbors. As an organization, the CIS has not succeeded at reintegrating the post-Soviet states. The desire of the new nations to assert themselves as independent entities has proven more powerful than their urge to replace the Soviet Union with a new system of collective government. Written by three of the West's leading experts on the former Soviet Union, this book offers a comprehensive assessment of how and why the CIS has failed.

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

More in International Relations

Geopolitical Alpha : An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future - Marko Papic

$31.75

21%
OFF

The Myth of the Asian Century | A Lowy Institute Paper

Penguin Special

Paperback

RRP $12.99

$12.75

The Siege

The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

A Sense of Balance

Hardcover

RRP $32.99

$26.99

18%
OFF

The Spy and the Traitor

The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

The World for Sale

Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

The Curious Diplomat

A memoir from the frontlines of diplomacy

Paperback

RRP $39.99

$33.75

16%
OFF

The Art of Gathering

How We Meet and Why It Matters

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

Kingmaker

Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power, from the bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

The Causes of War

From 1700 to today

Hardcover

RRP $49.99

$38.75

22%
OFF

Becoming Bulletproof : Life Lessons from a Secret Service Agent - EVY POUMPOURAS

$21.75

19%
OFF

Nuclear War

A Scenario

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$20.75

17%
OFF

The Taiwan Tinderbox

The Island-Nation at the Center of the New Cold War

Hardcover

RRP $51.95

$39.75

23%
OFF

Goliath's Curse

The History and Future of Societal Collapse

Paperback

RRP $36.99

$29.75

20%
OFF

Turbulence

Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era

Paperback

RRP $29.99

$24.99

17%
OFF

With My Little Eye

Incredible True Story of a Family of Spies in the Suburbs

Paperback

RRP $34.99

$28.75

18%
OFF

On XI Jinping

How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World

Hardcover

RRP $56.95

$43.75

23%
OFF

The White Lady

The Story of Two Key British Secret Service Networks Behind German Lines

Hardcover

RRP $41.95

$33.75

20%
OFF

Red Notice

How I Became Putin's No. 1 Enemy

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF

A Spy Among Friends

Philby and the Great Betrayal

Paperback

RRP $26.99

$19.75

27%
OFF

Foreword	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Map	p. xi
The Failure of the CIS	p. 1
The Birth of the CIS	p. 4
The Rocky Start of the CIS	p. 7
No Trust of Russia	p. 11
The Goals of the CIS	p. 16
New Understandings of Sovereignty	p. 22
The Late CIS: Holding on to Sovereignty	p. 25
A New Kind of Union	p. 28
CIS Economic Integration	p. 37
The Formation of the CIS Economic System	p. 38
The End of State Trade	p. 42
The Establishment of New Currencies and a New Payments System	p. 46
The Nature of Energy Trade within the CIS	p. 52
Rising Protectionism Instead of Economic Integration	p. 56
Development of Intra-CIS Trade, 1992-1997	p. 58
Impact of the Russian Financial Crisis in 1998	p. 65
Prospects for Economic Integration	p. 69
Alternatives to Failure	p. 71
The Failure to Establish an Integrated Security Structure	p. 77
Russian Interests and Intentions for CIS Security Integration	p. 79
National Armies Not Integration	p. 83
Border Guards, Air Defense, and Peacekeeping	p. 87
Why CIS Security Mechanisms Have Failed	p. 94
Trying to Compensate Bilaterally for CIS Failure	p. 96
The CIS and National Strategies for State Building	p. 109
Kazakhstan: Integration and State Building	p. 111
Kyrgyzstan: Attempting to Keep the Way to the World Open	p. 120
Ukraine: Nation Building but Little Economic Reform	p. 128
Georgia: Between Russia and the World	p. 136
Common Features	p. 143
Regional Alternatives to the CIS	p. 157
The Central Asian Economic Community	p. 158
The Guuam Group	p. 166
The Customs Union	p. 170
Russian-Belarusian Integration	p. 172
Regional Efforts in Perspective	p. 178
The CIS and the Outside World	p. 187
Political Challenges	p. 188
Economic Challenges	p. 196
Security Challenges	p. 204
Limited Cooperation	p. 212
What Future Does the CIS Have?	p. 223
The Legacy of the Past	p. 224
Tasks the CIS Has Resolved	p. 230
Tasks at Which the CIS Has Failed	p. 232
Remaining Challenges	p. 233
Looking Ahead	p. 237
Chronology of Key Events	p. 243
Selected Bibliography	p. 249
Index	p. 255
Conference Participants	p. 267
About the Authors	p. 269
About the Carnegie Endowment	p. 271
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.

Getting It Wrong

Regional Cooperation and the Commonwealth of Independent States

At a Glance

Paperback

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in International Relations

Geopolitical Alpha

An Investment Framework for Predicting the Future

On My Watch

Leading NATO in a Time of War

The Myth of the Asian Century | A Lowy Institute Paper

Penguin Special

The Siege

The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

A Sense of Balance

The Spy and the Traitor

The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

The World for Sale

Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth's Resources

The Curious Diplomat

A memoir from the frontlines of diplomacy

The Art of Gathering

How We Meet and Why It Matters

Kingmaker

Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power, from the bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance

The Causes of War

From 1700 to today

Becoming Bulletproof

Life Lessons from a Secret Service Agent

A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Nuclear War

A Scenario

The Taiwan Tinderbox

The Island-Nation at the Center of the New Cold War

Goliath's Curse

The History and Future of Societal Collapse

Turbulence

Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era

With My Little Eye

Incredible True Story of a Family of Spies in the Suburbs

On XI Jinping

How Xi's Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World

The White Lady

The Story of Two Key British Secret Service Networks Behind German Lines

Red Notice

How I Became Putin's No. 1 Enemy

A Spy Among Friends

Philby and the Great Betrayal

The Puppet Masters

Spies, Traitors and the Real Forces Behind World Events

The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy

This product is categorised by