Building security in the new states of Eurasia : subregional cooperation in the former Soviet space / edited by Renata Dwan and Oleksandr Pavliuk.

The third and final volume of a collection of papers stemming from seminars and meetings which were held as part of a three-year research and policy project undertaken in 1996 by the EastWest Institute.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Renata Dwan -- 1. Trade Initiatives in Central Asia: The Economic Cooperation Organization and the Central Asian Economic Community / Richard Pomfret -- 2. GUUAM: The Maturing of a Political Grouping into Economic Cooperation / Oleksandr Pavliuk -- 3. The Customs Union of Five and the Russia-Belarus Union / Vyachaslau Paznyak -- 4. Russian Regions in Subregional Cooperation / Natan M. Shklyar -- 5. Russian Policies and Non-Policies Toward Subregional Projects Around Its Borders / Pavel K. Baev -- 6. Subregional Cooperation and Security in the CIS / Roy Allison -- 7. Energy Development and Transport Network Cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus / Friedemann Muller -- 8. Ethnicity and Subregional Relations: The Role of the Russian Diasporas / Pal Kolsto -- 9. Islam, Transnationalism, and Subregionalism in the CIS / Edmund Herzig -- Conclusion / Renata Dwan and Oleksandr Pavliuk --

Selected Chronology of Cooperative Initiatives in and around the CIS 1991-99.