1. What theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches may be most helpful in research on international and transnational dimensions of Soviet republics?
2. What may be the specificities of finding, choosing, and analysing sources on international and transnational dimensions of Soviet republics?
3. What is Moscow's role? How can we study the international and transnational dimensions of Soviet republics “beyond Moscow”?
4. To what extent can we rethink the subjectivity and agency of the Soviet Republics on the international level?
5. What concepts and possibly metaphors may be useful in research on international and transnational dimensions of the Soviet republics?
6. What comparisons may be most productive in researching and writing about such topics? Are there cases outside of the Soviet Union that we can compare the Soviet republics to and try to make broader observations?