Among the sub-regions of the FSU, Central Asia (which in our defi- nition comprises five post-Soviet republics) is both a key proponent of post-Soviet regionalism and a key potential beneficiary of Eurasian integration. Central Asian states continued to support the unity of the Soviet Union until the very last moment; nationalist movements in these states, although they do exist, are much weaker than in the Baltic states, Moldova, Ukraine or Georgia. Central Asia is still connected to the FSU economically – in fact, Central Asian states are more dependent on their economic links with Russia and the FSU than they are on each other (according to the SIEI, interdependence is decreasing for Central Asia in both respects, but the links between Central Asian states deteriorate more rapidly than those between Central Asian states and the rest of the FSU).5 The Central Asian countries are uniquely landlocked, not only in the FSU but in the world (given their position at the centre of the largest continental landmass on Earth); on the other hand, their exports are now concentrated in the commodities (metals, oil and gas, grain for Kazakhstan), which need to be sold on global markets; so maintaining closer economic integration in the FSU in order to gain access to markets elsewhere is particularly important for Central Asia.