Manning, Chelsea Alizabeth2018-11-292018-11-292017-06-06vt_gsexam:11633http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86171This thesis contributes to the English school's growing literature on regional level international societies. Thus far English school scholars have demonstrated the existence of a post-Soviet regional international society. However, what is lacking is a clear defining of the members and institutions of this society. This paper gives particular attention to three questions: who are the actors, what are the primary and secondary institutions, and what role do these institutions play within the post-Soviet regional international society? Doing so contributes to the growing literature on the post-Soviet sub-global international society. In addition, it may be the case that Russian dominion is reflected through the network of secondary institutions in the post-Soviet international society. This thesis further investigates how the creation of this diplomatic structure allows Russia to contest the global diplomatic structure and project its great power status.ETDIn CopyrightEnglish School of International RelationsRegional International SocietyPost-Soviet SpaceRussiaDominionAuthoritarianismThesis