... determine the industries’ fate.
The key lesson of the last four years: it matters less who extracts energy carriers and more who can guarantee their safe storage and delivery. This strategic edge will endure for generations.
Emerging steady demand in EAEU, CIS, SCO, and ASEAN—especially China and India—creates a robust platform for long-term investments in unique raw material niches and sector solutions.
Delay risks losing competitive advantages and slowing growth.
Russia’s unique resources in Siberia, the Far ...
... Eurasia and noted that deeper cooperation between Moscow and Beijing could significantly affect the relations of the pair with the ASEAN countries. In this context, Vietnam adheres to the balancing strategy and pursues cooperation with all priority partners.... ... experts indicated Russia’s readiness to deepen relations with Vietnam both in the bilateral format and within BRICS+, the EAEU+ and the SCO+. According to them, Vietnam could claim to become a party in the Russia–China–Vietnam triangle in Eurasia....
... ways in which the EAEU and ASEAN can learn from each other’s experiences and best integration practices. Furthermore, it provides conceptual and practical approaches to developing ties between the two associations in the new geopolitical landscape.
EAEU–ASEAN: A Sectoral Partnership Model
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On June 16, 2025, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) hosted a roundtable discussion, “Shaping the External Partnership Framework of the EAEU: Southeast Asia.” The event featured the presentation of a new RIAC working paper, “EAEU–ASEAN: a Model for Sectoral Strategic Partnership.”
Experts at the roundtable had a detailed discussion of the significance, prospects, and political and economic dimensions of cooperation between EAEU and ASEAN member states. Special attention was ...
....5%—the same as for Seychelles, a major supplier of this product to Indonesia. Meanwhile, Russia’s competitors benefit from significantly
lower
import duties: 5.36% for Chile, 1.76% for Norway and zero for China and Australia due to their FTAs with ASEAN. This barrier could be removed or mitigated with the signing and further ratification of the EAEU–Indonesia FTA, which is likely to include a provision on fish exports. Otherwise, Russia, under the framework of the Eurasian Economic Commission, should insist during negotiations with its Indonesian counterparts on expanding a preferential trade ...
Working Paper No. 83 / 2024
Working Paper No. 83 / 2024
The following working paper presents the results of foreign economic activity of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) following its establishment. The author carefully analyzes free trade zone agreements (FTZs) as a key tool for developing the Union’s foreign economic relations. Additionally, the author assesses the effectiveness of existing EAEU FTZ agreements ...
... inherent in the nature of the CIS, and developing Eurasian economic integration amid new conditions as well as its interaction with ASEAN countries.
Ultimately, Russia is already at the centre of a whole system of international institutions and partnerships,... ... and India - do not have the potential to create integration associations comparable in their degree of mutual openness to the EAEU. These are countries that, with few exceptions, do not have formal allies – they are the “lonely planets” of world ...
... economies from the Global South. The Eurasian constellation of developing economies can be formed on the basis of the aggregation of the main regional integration blocs such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), ASEAN, SAARC, EAEU. Such an extended platform across all three continents of the Global South may be termed as TRIA (
Trilateral Intercontinental Alliance
) and it comprises nearly 125-130 developing economies (depending on the exact methodological approach of including ...
... NGOs that was held on May 19th in BRICS+ format - among the countries invited to participate were Cambodia (chairmanship in ASEAN in 2022) as well as Senegal and Argentina that represented Africa and Latin America respectively. In effect China thus presented ... ... Going forward this format may be further expanded to include other regional integration blocks from Eurasia, such as the GCC, EAEU and others.
During the meeting of foreign ministers of BRICS countries China also announced plans to open up the possibility ...
... regional financing arrangements (RFAs) of the countries of Eurasia.
The platform for regional integration arrangements would work towards advancing greater inter-operability into the digital platforms of Eurasia’s regional groupings such as the EU, the EAEU, ASEAN, RCEP, EFTA, BIMSTEC, SAFTA, GCC.
The platform for regional development banks and funds such as EDB, EIB, ADB, EBRD, SDF, CAF would focus on building project portfolios in the area of digital cooperation/digital connectivity/digital inclusiveness ...
