Post-Soviet Eurasia—The Region’s Definition and History of the Post-Soviet Regional Governance

Abstract

This chapter is devoted to a historical review of the post-Soviet regional governance. Before addressing this subject, however, we should examine and define what post-Soviet Eurasia means and which states are included in this space. Accordingly, we start our examination with a review of different approaches to defining the region, as developed in the scholarly literature in the post-Soviet period. The definition of region is important to our understanding which regional organizations are included in the boundaries of post-Soviet Eurasia, and not less important, which are not. Hence, we start our discussion with the question: What is post-Soviet Eurasia?This chapter moves on to briefly review the events that preceded the outbreak of the Soviet empire. We assume that the Soviet Union dissolution was a catalyst for reshaping of relations among the new independent states within the post-Soviet region. Afterwards, we will review the history of the first regional organization, established by the post-Soviet republics-CIS, which was supposed to lay down the foundations of regional governance in political, security and economic realms. The rest of the chapter will be dedicated to the history of the regional economic governance embedded in EAEU. Such discussion of the main milestones of regional governance establishment in general and in economic realm in particular seems to be essential for our comprehension of the historical

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“…This phenomenon may be because all post-Soviet states have improved income, lifestyle, living conditions, and healthcare during the twenty-first century. In addition, recognizing that NCDs pose a significant public health challenge, the governments of all nations adopted national strategies for NCD prevention and control [ 69 ].

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“…6 ). TB incidence and mortality peaked in Russia in the first half of the 2000s due to a variety of reasons, including protracted effects of socioeconomic crisis, high rates of alcohol consumption and incarceration, and a growing burden of HIV/AIDS [ 69 ]. From the beginning of the 2010 till 2020, there was a gradual decline of around 10 % in the annual mortality rate of TB.…”