Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Thomas Graham
  • Soviet Union dissolution and 30 years of independence : introduction and perspective / Lucia Leontiev and Punsara Amarasinghe
  • The four stages of state rebuilding in the Baltic States since 1990 / Karlis Bukovskis
  • Dynamics of the democratic process in the Republic of Belarus in the post-Soviet period / Grigory A. Vasilevich and Tatiana S. Maslovskaya
  • Evolution of governance in the Kyrgyz Republic : thirty years in transition / Aijan Sharshenova
  • Democratization and political transformation in Georgia : cutting the Soviet Union ties / Ketevan Kukava
  • Rule of law in Moldova : illusion or reality? / Dumitrita Bologan
  • Rule of law and good governance in Armenia : on the law and praxis / Asbed Kotchikian and Natalia Voutova
  • Soviet Union's legacy in laws, institutions and practice of human rights in the Republic of Azerbaijan / Kamal Makili-Aliyev
  • Post-socialist perception of human rights in Russia / Sergei A. Belov
  • Human rights in the post-Soviet Central Asia / Sergey Sayapin
  • A union or, rather, a dis-union of nations? Legacies of Soviet 'nationality policies' and their influence on law and practice in the post-Soviet states / Artem Galushko
  • Three decades of EU's human rights promotion in post-Soviet countries : success story or wasted effort? / Karina Shyrokykh and Kateryna Busol.