Post-Soviet Migration and Diasporas: Looking Back – Looking Forward

Abstract

This chapter summarizes the main findings of the study as a whole, highlighting areas of both convergence and divergence. In particular, it discusses the relative importance of diaspora experiences in post-Soviet space. It also underlines the influence of an increasingly mobile post-Soviet diasporas on the political and economic development of host and homeland states, conceptualizing diaspora positioned at the intersection of migration on the one hand and state development on the other. It discusses the importance and implications of the findings, ending on questions that remain unanswered and new ones raised by the volume – and what would be required to move the research agenda forward.