The Political Economics of Secession :
  - Barcelona Report
Eurasia Stability
Eurasian Economic Integration
Small and Medium Enterprises in Georgia
Eurasia Leadership Roundtable Series

EURASIA STABILITY

Rationale
Over a three-year period, the Eurasia Stability Project will marshal up-to-date data on indicators of political and economic risk in Eurasia, in order to provide policymakers, NGOs and the business community with regular information on forces working for and against stability throughout the region.

Problem Analysis
Very little work analyzing stability in the Eurasian states in a systematic way has been conducted. The focus of recent analysis of human rights, freedoms of press and speech, minority rights, etc. has utility for policymakers seeking to gauge the direction of political openness and "liberalism" present in these societies but offers less insight into the likelihood of economic and human development in the region. Ukraine and Georgia are all strong examples of how democracy can progress, and yet stability and certain basic social needs continue to elude their peoples and nations.

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Procedures
The Eurasia Stability Project will collect a wide variety of data on factors underlying the level of economic and political conflict throughout the Eurasian region. All the Eurasian states would be ranked on the basis of their relative stability, compiled and distributed through a monthly report Eurasia Monitor and regular briefings to executives, policymakers, journalists, and representatives of non-governmental organizations.

The Eurasia Stability Project will establish a Steering Committee of 8-12 investment, policy and academic experts on the post-communist regions. An intensive initial workshop will develop the methodology for the analysis of Eurasian stability. Local researchers, educated in market economy and business analysis, will collect empirical data that will inform Eurasia Project's staff for regular analysis.

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Research
The primary research goal of the Eurasia Stability Project is the creation of a comprehensive database of economic and political indicators, compiled for each of the Eurasian states. The project will begin with an intensive workshop focused on building measures for gauging stability. A set of categories for state-by-state rankings would be the primary product of this workshop. We would expect these categories to come under four broad headings of political stability, economic stability, ethnic stability and military stability.

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Products
Eurasia Stability Methodology Workshop identify indicators to research and analyze a country's relative stability

Eurasia Monitor monthly publication presenting data from the field and articles on countries that experienced a major shift in stability over the past month

Investment Briefings presentation of Eurasia Monitor findings to the business community

Regional Policy Workshops regular workshops in the field

Policy Planning Conferences approximately 20 senior analysts from different branches of the US government would develop a shared understanding of the factors that contribute to that area's instability

Eurasia Forum Davos-style forum with top leaders from the region to offer constructive resolutions for critical issues affecting stability in the region

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The Political Economics of Secession :
  - Barcelona Report
Eurasia Stability
Eurasian Economic Integration
Small and Medium Enterprises in Georgia
Eurasia Leadership Roundtable Series