... example, China has continued to actively promote its Belt and Road Initiative in Central Asia over the past five years. The Western sanctions against Russia are another factor complicating the prospects of Eurasian integration, making the country "toxic", even for its closest partners. However, even if the EAEU integration project is implemented to its fullest and Russia experiences rapid economic growth over the next five years, ...
... Economic Union actually gain a lot from the policies of counter sanctions and import substitution. For example, domestic agricultural production increased many times over. Now there is a whole lobby that opposes lifting the food embargo, even if the West would suddenly lift their sanctions. Counter sanctions have become a real factor in finally helping Russia to reduce, albeit slowly, its traditional raw material dependence. In recent years, since 2014, the trade share of non-commodities within the EAEU has grown steadily.On the other hand, counter sanctions contradict the logic of a common internal market within EAEU without barriers. Moscow’s unilateral counter sanction measures have become a source of tension, albeit not serious, between with ...
Why Russia’s tilt towards Asia will continue
The ongoing crisis in relations between ... ... as it is, should not overshadow more fundamental divisions between the East and the West; these divisions are not likely to disappear any time soon.
Andrey Kortunov:
Europe... ... European future as a joint venture between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). In this joint venture, each of the shareholders has the same rights and the previous...
A Forecasting Report. Summary
This report reflects the results of the work conducted by the Working Group for Forecasting. A systemic approach has been taken to identify the most important areas of Russia’s foreign policy for 2018, as well as the key threats and opportunities for the country on the global arena. The geographic scope of the forecasts covers the West, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the post-Soviet states.
The authors hope that the ideas and conclusions provided in this report will be of use to the Russian authorities when making foreign policy decisions, and will come in handy for experts ...
... political scientist of Greek origin, may represent a new stage in the study of the Fourth Political Theory.In a book of 114 pages the graduate of Freiburg and Seville universities separates myths from reality regarding the old-new confrontation between Russia and the West. He introduces the German reader to the Eurasian ideology and provides his own unique interpretation on how political theories evolved in both Russia and the West. A special interest (and my personal sympathy) is aroused by his view on the theory ...
