TABLE OF CONTENTS
Political Developments Since the Coup
The August 1991 Coup and Its Consequences............................1
The Commonwealth of Independent States..................................9
How the 15 Former Soviet Republics Are Evolving.....................16
Surveying the Political Scene.......................................................21
Russia’s Constitutional Crisis.......................................................26
The Economy: Gaidarnomics and After
The Roots of a Crisis Decades in the Making...............................32
Reform in a Year of Crises: Gaidar Defends His Record..............34
Gaidar Reform Under Fire: Yavlinsky’s Massive Critique.............36
Volsky’s ‘Centrist’ Critique: Amending With Faint Praise.............41
Reform ‘Regionalism’: Redefining the Workable...........................44
What Is a Region? Study Shows Disparate Realities, Agendas......49
A Year of Gaidarnomics: Yasin’s Balanced Assessment................52
Vigorous Privatization Plan Seeks to Build on Solid Base in ’93....55
Reform After Gaidar: Toward a New Synthesis............................57