Yes that's what I mean. The member states were caught in a dilema between autonomy and integration, which was never resolved. In my view the only way this could be resolved is either by giving them complete autonomy with some sort of loose cooperation network. The Warsaw pact system tried to do something inbetween, which, at least when I talked to people who lived during that time, ofted created resentment because they percived the USSR as an overlord. I know it sounds a bit stupid, but that is how people tend to think, because humans are not always rational. The way people like Gorbatchov tried to resolve this was too much in too little time, it created too much instability. I think for the future we should learn from exampled like China for good governance. Please do not misunderstand me, I don't hate the USSR or anything, but I think it is important to uphold a high standard in self-critique. I would argue that the principles of sovereignty, equality, and mutual respect were not always upheld to a high standard.