Conflicts and Successes in Eurasia Post-Soviet Union

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new order emerged. Democracy had defeated authoritarianism, and the world shifted its focus away from the Eurasian region. Fifteen new countries were formed, and the West believed these states would abandon their Soviet past. There was also an assumption that these newly independent countries would adopt democracy, incorporate capitalist philosophies, and integrate with Western ideologies.