How the US Hybrid War on Russia Induces and Constrains Eurasian Integration

... outside of Russia’s dealings with the West. Not only do Russia-West relations condition the character and outcomes of the Eurasian process, but also its origins. Attempts of integration of the post-Soviet space after 2000 are attributed to socio-economic ... ... as the EAEC in 2000 and the CSTO in 2003. They were no measures to consolidate Russia as a center of power alternative to the USA and the EU, but were designed as temporary organizations for inclusion into Western hegemonic structures through absorption by NATO and the EU. In 2000, Putin asked for the US Department of State Secretary’s assistance in the acquisition of NATO membership ...