This book analyzes the effects of the break-up of the Soviet Union into fifteen independent states. Topics discussed include:* past and present economic relations between the republics, and forecasts for the future* discussion of Customs Unions, Monetary Union or Payments Union as possible ways forward for these states* economic integration theory* how the states of the Soviet Union functioned before the dissolution.

This book analyzes the effects of the break-up of the Soviet Union into fifteen independent states. Topics discussed include:* past and present economic relations between the republics, and forecasts for the future* discussion of Customs Unions, Monetary Union or Payments Union as possible ways forward for these states* economic integration theory* how the states of the Soviet Union functioned before the dissolution.

This book analyzes the effects of the break-up of the Soviet Union into fifteen independent states. Topics discussed include:* past and present economic relations between the republics, and forecasts for the future* discussion of Customs Unions, Monetary Union or Payments Union as possible ways forward for these states* economic integration theory* how the states of the Soviet Union functioned before the dissolution.