... “EDB Integration Barometer”, the Eurasian Economic Union continues to enjoy significant trust and support from between 50% and 83% of the population of its five member states, as well as Tajikistan (69%). At the same time, positive attitudes towards Eurasian integration have been declining gradually, both in the EAEU countries and beyond.
Over the EAEU’s first years, from 2015 to 2017, the most significant decline in public support for membership of the Union was recorded in Russia (from 78% to ...
... sound more like wishes for the future so far, to what extent all of the diverging interests of EEU members can be reconciled and realized remains the key question.
Froth on the Daydream
Economic motives have been declared to be the key drivers behind Eurasian integration, particularly in the context of frequent accusations leveled at the EEU for its political undercurrent and restorative nature. Minimizing its political component is important not only for the sake of communications with the outside world, but also in order to find a balance in relations between the Union member countries: ...
Eurasianism is a sea comprised of many rivers that flow into it.
And no sea can subsist without its flows
Chingiz Aitmatov. (1928-2008), renowned Soviet and Kyrgyz writer
The EEU is a one-year old economic integration project built on the idea of increasing the economic development of the region through free movement of goods, services, human resources and capital primarily in northern Eurasia. It is clear that an external ...
