The Commonwealth of Independent States: Spatial and Organizational Dynamics

D. Malyshev

doi:10.20542/afij-2019-3-23-36

D. Malyshev

The Commonwealth of Independent States: Spatial and Organizational Dynamics

Number 3'2019

DOI: 10.20542/afij-2019-3-23-36

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Received 04.12.2019

Dmitry V. MALYSHEV (dimal.68@mail.ru). Cand. Sci. (Hist.), Leading Researcher, Sector of Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, Center of Post-Soviet Studies.

Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences, 23, Profsoyuznaya Str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation

Acknowledgements. The article was prepared at IMEMO within the project of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research No. 19-011-31625 “The Main Trends and Risks of Global Political Development: Methodology and Methods of Forecasting Studies”

The article is focused on the major directions of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) formation and development. The author uses systemic analysis and extrapolation to examine these processes in spatial and organizational perspectives and identify the possibilities and prospects for emergence of an international region within the CIS on different stages of its institutional establishment. Special attention is given to the dynamics and the current state of the CIS as an international organization as well as to the key challenges its member states are facing. The article considers existing conflict zones in the CIS and their impact on the inter-state relations within the Commonwealth.

Keywords

CIS, international region, international organization, Central Asia, South Caucasus, Russian Federation, forecasting

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Malyshev D. The Commonwealth of Independent States: Spatial and Organizational Dynamics. Analysis & Forecasting. IMEMO Journal, 2019, no 3, pp. 23-36. https://doi.org/10.20542/afij-2019-3-23-36