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Book SynopsisModern trends in geopolitics have raised serious questions about the future global and regional architecture of the world system. In the case of the Eurasian Economic Union, these questions bring up important issues for debate: What is the Eurasian Economic Union? What theoretical concepts could be applied for modern Eurasian integration? Why is the Eurasian Economic Union forming? Most importantly, what prospects does this Union have in the framework of the modern geopolitical situation?This book explores the process of Eurasian integration in the modern global world. The creation of the Eurasian Economic Union has become a topical issue in modern Russian foreign policy. Neo-Eurasianist ideas can be viewed as a geopolitical basis and rationale for the Eurasian Economic Union that may constitute an integrational structure, consolidating the post-Soviet area and neighboring regions. This book argues that Eurasia is a region representing an organic integrity due to close mentality, comm
Trade ReviewThis is one of the most valuable books recently published on a subject which is presently regularly treated in media.... The Russian Project of Eurasian Integration: Geopolitical Prospects is necessary reading when a resurging Russia is challenging the West with two other World Island empires. It should be obligatory reading in the West and this book on the Russian Eurasian integration project belongs in libraries world wide. * Center for Research on Geopolitics *
A needed Russian perspective on geopolitics in Eurasia that stresses the world’s regionalization and polycentrism. -- Andrei Tsygankov, San Francisco State University
Comprehensive in scope, this book will be an indispensable read for anyone interested in the subject of Eurasian regional integration. Especially useful is the positioning of the Eurasian Economic Union project within the framework of transcontinental and global trade architecture. -- Mikhail A. Molchanov, St. Thomas University
Table of ContentsChapter 1. New approaches to analysis of the “Post-Soviet area” phenomenon Chapter 2. Integration and disintegration as major trends in the Post-Soviet area Chapter 3. The main integration models within the Post-Soviet area Chapter 4. The notion “Eurasia”: the problem of identification of the region Chapter 5. The Eurasian idea in contemporary interpretation Chapter 6. Contemporary Eurasian integration in experts’ estimates Chapter 7. The Foundation of the Present Eurasian Integration in International Law Chapter 8. The main interests and expectations of the member-states of Eurasian Economic Union Chapter 9. Russian Geopolitical Interests in the Eurasian Economic Union Chapter 10. The strategy of Eurasian Integration: Regional and Global Dimensions
