How the Eurasian elites envisage the role of the EEU in global perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7989431 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Sakwa (0000-0001-6678-8820, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | sup1 |
| Pages | 4-22 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2374-5126 • E-ISSN: 2374-5118 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23745118.2016.1171038 |
| OpenAlex | W2341155998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 7 |
The development of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) has been accompanied by intense ideological and political debates. Initially planned as the centrepiece of Vladimir Putin’s third presidential term, the project since his return to office in May 2012 became ensnared in broader global and regional contradictions. Formally launched on 1 January 2015 and now encompassing five members (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia), the EEU in institutional terms has swiftly gained an impressive degree of institutional consolidation but is vulnerable politically. It is intended not as a rival to the European Union but as a complementary association to facilitate the creation of what remain Russia’s two primary goals. These are, first, the reconstitution of elements of post-Soviet Eurasia as a political and economic community and, second, to manage the development of macro-regional blocs, including the creation of a ‘greater Europe’ from the Atlantic to the Pacific and a ‘greater Asia’ from Brussels to Beijing. The fundamental goal is to reassert Eurasia as the subject of its own history, but some fundamental issues about the EEU’s character, nature and purpose remain unresolved
Beijing · China · Consolidation (business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic union · Economics · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidential address · Sociology · Soviet union · European Union Policy and Governance · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 0.78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |