Regional Integration Processes in the Commonwealth of Independent States: Economic and Political Fac

Introduction.- Premises, Origin and Scope of Regional Integration Agreements in the CIS Area: The Commonwealth of Independent States.- The Eurasian Economic Union.- The Union State of Russia and Belarus.- The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM.- The Scope and the State of Institutional Integration Within the CIS Area.- The Economic Environment for Regional Integration of the CIS Countries: The Economic Situation of Particular Countries Researched.- Intensity of Trade in the CIS Area.- The Scope of Trade Integration of CIS Countries.- Selected Non-economic Factors of the Regional Integration of the CIS Countries: Directions of Constitutional Changes in the Context of Relations Between State Authorities.- Concepts of Political Leadership in the CIS Region.- Key Vectors of Foreign Policy in Countries of the CIS Region.- Sources and Consequences of Major Domestic and International Conflicts in the CIS Area.- The Model of Economic and Political Relations and Regional Integration Processes in the CIS Area: Russian Federation.- Eastern European Post-soviet Countries.- South Caucasus Countries.- Central Asian Post-soviet Countries.- Conclusions.