An in-depth analysis of one of the most important and complex issues of the post-Soviet era, namely the (re-)integration of this highly interconnected region. The book considers the evolution of 'holding-together' groups since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, looking at intergovernmental interaction and informal economic and social ties.

Autorentext
Alexander Libman is Assistant Professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany, Senior Research Fellow at the Russian Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Researcher at the East China Normal University. His principal publications have appeared in the Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Comparative Economics and Review of International Political Economy.

Evgeny Vinokurov is Director of the Centre for Integration Studies at the Eurasian Development Bank. He has written and edited a number of monographs and papers on economic and political integration, including A Theory of Enclaves (2007) **and The CIS, the EU and Russia: Challenges of Integration (2007).

Inhalt
PART I: BASIC CONCEPTS Searching for Holding-Together Regionalism The Dynamics of Holding-Together Regionalism PART II: POST-SOVIET INTEGRATION Institutional Integration: 20 years of Post-Soviet History Economic Actors and Regionalization Convergence and Divergence of Economic and Social Development The Political Economy of Post-Soviet Integration Sub-National Actors in Post-Soviet Integration PART III: KEY AREAS Holding Together of Falling Apart: Results of the Gravity Equation of CIS Trade Cross-Border Investment: General Trends through the 2000s Financial Markets and the Banking Sector Trans-Eurasian Transport Corridors Towards a CIS Common Electric Power Market CIS Telecommunications Sector: the Rise of the Multinationals Agriculture in the CIS: Departing from the Soviet Past Labour Migration PART IV: AN INTERTWINED REGION The Foreign Policies of Russia and Kazakhstan: Post-Soviet Regionalism and Power Balance Post-Soviet Space, Central Asia and Eurasia Issues for the Next Decade Conclusion