The Post-Soviet Republics provides a completely new geographical analysis of the sweeping economic, social and political reforms occurring in the 15 independent states which have emerged from the ruins of the former USSR.
Key provides the essential spatial and developmental background necessary to understand the present day problems of the region; focuses on the transition from command to market economies and the associated ethnic, political and social developments; considers the far-reaching consequences to market economies and the associated ethnic, political and social developments; and examines the enormous significance of these changes for Europe and the future of international relations more generally.