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A historical analysis of the failure of the Eurasian economic integration
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Abstract Since the fall of the USSR, the development of the integration process has become a foreign policy priority of the former Soviet territory. However, Moscow has failed to achieve this goal: no established structure could lead to significant integration. This research provides a historical review of t... view more
Since the fall of the USSR, the development of the integration process has become a foreign policy priority of the former Soviet territory. However, Moscow has failed to achieve this goal: no established structure could lead to significant integration. This research provides a historical review of the Eurasian economic integration. Employing an analysis of the international agreements and treaties that were behind the activities of the Eurasian integration unions, we reveal the specific features of economic integration communities’ evolution in the post-Soviet territory within the period from the Soviet Union collapse to the present date and assess their true fails and gains. The findings reveal that the Eurasian integration appears to have evolved mostly "on paper" in the form of various documents but has had no practical implementation. Its development was characterized by permanent cycles, which member countries attempted to overcome, establishing new integration entities. However, their interest gradually faded, making EAEU feel like the last attempt to implement a Eurasian integration processes.... view less
Keywords
post-socialist country; foreign policy; Russia; economic union; Commonwealth of Independent States; Europe; Asia
Classification
International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy
Free Keywords
the Post-Soviet Space; Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU); Russian Foreign Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 261-282
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 19 (2019) 2
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 1.0