The Commonwealth of Independent States

Abstract

Ten years have passed since the collapse of the USSR and the formation of its quasi-successor—the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Ten years is quite a significant period for today's rapidly changing international relations. Summing up the preliminary results of the decade enables us to outline the most significant directions in the development of the post-Soviet space; to identify the factors that have the greatest probability of being dynamic, even if differently directed; and to assess the path walked by the commonwealth in the last ten years.