The Eurasian Union : A New Regional Dimension of Russian Foreign and Security Policy (original) (raw)

2013

Abstract

The paper deals with the Eurasia project, which was presented last year (2011) by Vladimir Putin as a next step of the Common Economic Space of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. It informs about the vision of regional cooperation of the Eurasian union (EAU), which was inspired by the European integration, both real and potential copying of EU institutions, and also cooperation in the field of security. The author also analyses the Russian economical and strategic interests in the region as well as the motivation of Belarus and Kazakhstan in deepening the cooperation with Russia and the limits in the economical-security integration. It also deals with the Russian ambitions in the Central Asia which should react to the potential threats to Russian interests in this region and presents those in the context of EAU. In October 2011, Vladimir Putin initiated the creation of the EAU. This amounted to the restoration of the idea of reunifying the former Soviet republics, on a new basis and wi...

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