... Council for Mutual Economic Assistance than it does with the European Union. Without powerful supranational institutions, the Union State will go the way of horizontal integration, with the gradual harmonization of new aspects of life in Russia and Belarus.
In the long run, however, this approach may lead to the functions of the Union State being delegated to the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). In fact, the EAEU is already seizing the initiative from the Union State not only in terms of economic issues (such as forming a uniform industrial policy, resolving disputes related to the ...
... strategy, betting on one player only and thus putting themselves in a more vulnerable position. If their chosen side loses, they also lose.
The
bridge
metaphor has not taken root, and experts lean somewhat toward the
platform for dialogue
metaphor. Belarus is active here, providing a venue for the peace talks on the Donbass; Armenia acts as a prototype testing range for EU–EAEU economic cooperation; Azerbaijan, which was, until recently, a closed state geared toward its prosperity, is another example. The position of a platform for dialogue is stronger and more stable in the long term, though it is costlier to implement ...
... year-end 2018, Russia accounted for 49.5 percent of Belarus’ foreign trade ($35.4 billion, a growth of 9.4 percent compared to 2017). Contrastingly, Ukraine is second (7.6 percent), while China is third (5.1 percent).
The cumulative trade turnover of Belarus with all the EAEU countries was $36.5 billion at year-end 2018, while its trade turnover with the European Union was $17.3 billion (24.2 percent of the state’s total trade turnover). At the same time, Belarus sells mostly raw materials and semi-finished products ...
... issues were discussed in the course of the meeting: the future of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, the complexity and challenges of the current Russia-Belarus relations. Experts and diplomats spoke about the prospects for cooperation within the EAEU framework, as well as the peculiarities of the foreign policy strategies of Russia and Belarus.
The speakers focused on the challenges and principles of the alliance of the two countries, as well as the development prospects of the Union State in the context of escalating geopolitical tensions.
The experts noted that the West does not seek ...
EAEU and MERCOSUR: Opportunities for Transcontinental Cooperation
The transformation of international trade has significantly picked up pace as of late. Sanctions and protectionism (and its rather aggressive variant used by the United States) prompt ...
... its Eastern Partners: Current Approaches to Regional Cooperation” forum in the framework of presidency of the Republic of Belarus in the Central European Initiative.
The forum was organized by
Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe
, CFA,... ... opportunities for cooperation between EU and Eurasian Economic Union, in particular, between the countries that are both members of EAEU and participants in EU Eastern Partnership.
Over 70 experts from 32 European countries took part in the Forum. Elena Alekseenkova,...
It is necessary to maintain the wide multilateral format of the CIS and to introduce new effective impulses towards cooperation
Yulia Nikitina:
The Post-Soviet Space in 2017
The development of cooperation within the CIS is an objective necessity for all member states of the Commonwealth. Notwithstanding the intensification of integration processes in the post-Soviet space, discussions on whether the CIS has exhausted its potential are still underway. RIAC experts share their insights into the...