Eurasian integration: from post-Soviet to new regional projects

Abstract

The article considers the problem of Eurasian integration as a contradictory process that has gone from disintegration of a single political and economic union to the beginning of the formation of a new regional organization of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The peculiarity of considering the problem is the combination of two research approaches: historical institutionalism and context analysis. As a result, the author concludes that the EEU member states are not very flexible in creating strong supranational bodies due to the specific character of their own political systems. On the other hand, the real economic interests of all EEU countries and Russia’s geopolitical motives are centripetal factors.

Author Biography

Roza M. Turarbekova, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (history), docent; docent at the department of international relations, faculty of international relations

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Published
2020-01-18
Keywords: Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, foreign policy, Eurasian integration, institutional design, regional projects, CIS, EEU, Belt and Road initiative
How to Cite
Turarbekova, R. M. (2020). Eurasian integration: from post-Soviet to new regional projects. Journal of the Belarusian State University. International Relations, 2, 11-18. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/internationalRelations/article/view/1293
Section
History of International Relations and Foreign Policy