Index

Armenia, 9–10

economies and global market integrations, 93–98

political risk, 71–72

Azerbaijan, 10

economies and global market integrations, 98–102

political risk, 73–74

Belarus, 10–11

economies and global market integrations, 102–106

political risk, 74–76

Capital markets, 58

CIA World Factbook, 9

CIS. See Commonwealth of independent states

Civilized divorce, 7

Commonwealth of independent states (CIS)

branches of cooperation of, 4

challenges to growth, 89–91

charter bodies of, 3

contagion effect, 32–33

establishment of, 1–3

executive bodies of, 4

institutional integration, 3–6

integration without unification, 6–9

Commonwealth of independent states (CIS) markets

economic restructuring, 45–46

education systems, 43–45

external factors and sample questions, 51–52

geopolitical factors, 37–41

institutional voids, 52–54, 56–59

internal factors and sample questions, 52

legal framework, 46–48

overview of, 35–37

skill mismatches, 42–43

strategic and leadership issues, 48–50

strategies for, 54–56

trading policies, 46–48

Contagion effect, 32–33

Council of Commanders-in-Chief of Frontier Troops, 5

Council of Defense Ministers, 5

Council of Foreign Ministers, 4

Council of the Heads of Governments, 4

Council of the Heads of States, 4

Currency suicide, 31–32

Currency War

causing damage to global economy, 28–31

currency suicide and, 31–32

Economic challenges, 19–22

Economic Council, 6

Economic Court, 5

Economies at War, 22–28

Education systems, 43–45

Eurasian Economic Community, 8

Executive Committee, 6

Geopolitical factors, 37–41

Georgia, 11–12

economies and global market integrations, 106–111

political risk, 76–77

Global economic crisis

challenges and implications, 65–66

economic prospects, 66–67

impact on CIS economies, 62–65

overview of, 61

Hysteresis effects, 67

IMF. See International Monetary Fund

Institutional voids, 52–54

framework to assess, 56–59

responding to, 55

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 35

Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, 5

Kazakhstan, 12–13

economies and global market integrations, 111–114

political risk, 77–78

Kyrgyzstan, 13

economies and global market integrations, 115–118

political risk, 78–79

Labor markets, 57–58

Legal framework, CIS markets, 46–48

Moldova, 13–14

economies and global market integrations, 118–122

political risk, 79–80

Monroeski Doctrine, 8

New York Times, 1

Openess, 59

Political and social system, 58–59

Political risk

Armenia, 71–72

assessing, 86–87

Azerbaijan, 73–74

Belarus, 74–76

Georgia, 76–77

Kazakhstan, 77–78

Kyrgyzstan, 78–79

Moldova, 79–80

overview of, 69

relevance of, 69–71

Russia, 80–82

Tajikistan, 82–83

Turkmenistan, 83–84

Ukraine, 84–85

Uzbekistan, 85–86

Product markets, 56–57

Russia, 14–15

economies and global market integrations, 122–127

political risk, 80–82

Russian Commonwealth. See Commonwealth of independent states (CIS)

Tajikistan, 15–16

economies and global market integrations, 130–133

political risk, 82–83

Trading policies, 46–48

Turkmenistan, 16

economies and global market integrations, 127–129

political risk, 83–84

Ukraine, 17

economies and global market integrations, 134–138

political risk, 84–85

Uzbekistan, 17–18

economies and global market integrations, 139–141

political risk, 85–86

World Economic Outlook, 35