The chapter discusses Russia’s role in regional integration processes in Central Eurasia, focusing on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in particular. It starts by juxtaposing realist and liberal interpretations of regional economic integration of the former Soviet states. It then proposes...

The war that broke out after Russia's aggression against Ukraine is not limited to battlefields, and the information, trade, and financial wars are reaching their peak. This article discusses the trade and financial war and its impact on Azerbaijan's international and regional integration...

Eurasian Development Bank (Centre for Integration Studies) and the World Bank (MiRPAL) prepared the report titled "Pension Mobility within the Eurasian Economic Union and the CIS". In it the experts of the two banks evaluate the prospects of implementing effective mechanisms in the region to...

"This insightful Companion provides an in-depth, systematic analysis of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), an economic union of several post-Soviet Eurasian states. Bringing together an international collective of established academic experts on the EAEU and Eurasian regionalism, the editors...

The transition to digital transformation of the economy is viewed by the EAEU countries as an opportunity to increase the competitiveness and stability of the national economy while joining efforts within the framework of the integration of the Eurasian countries. The research examines the...

Based on a multi-vector foreign policy, Kazakhstan is positioning itself as an active participant in many regional and global international organizations, including the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). The establishment of the EEU was a realization of the idea of the President of the Republic of...

This paper introduces a multicountry macroeconometric model for the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The model consists of five single-country models of the union member states: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. The purpose of the research is to explain the structural...

The present chapter examines the provisions of the law of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) on the free movement of persons, focusing on workers. It asks whether there is a “Civis Eurasiaticus” and what this status means. Under EAEU law, there are a number of protections for workers and...

The paper concerns to examine to what extent the dominating in scholarly work assessments that the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is a non-economic integration driven exclusively by Russia's (geo-)political aspirations and enforced by Russia on the former Soviet countries against their best...

It is argued that Belarusian legal order is not entirely compatible with the EAEU legal framework. Such compatibility is relevant for the full effect of EAEU law. In order to ensure its effectiveness, it would certainly help to change certain national constitutional norms as well as interpret...

Eurasian integration has created a new legal order – the so-called “Union law” of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This legal order has its own narrative, principles, hierarchy of rules, and innovations such as the direct applicability of decisions of its regulatory body. Russian legal...

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is a regional organization for economic integration in the post-Soviet space. Following the limited success of previous integration attempts, the organization aims to pursue deeper integration, borrowing features from the European Union. The EAEU has at its...

With growing US protectionism and uncertainties in the transatlantic relationship it is time for the EU to consider diversifying its external ties and look for other allies that support the idea of free trade gains and have a common interest in maintaining the international rules based trading...

The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) is an emerging regional organization of economic integration in the post-Soviet space. Following the limited success of previous integration attempts, it seeks to pursue deeper integration, borrowing features from the EU.The EAEU possesses a complex system of...

The transparency principle has a particularly vital role in international economic integration organizations because states delegate their sovereign powers to such organizations. Legal instruments applicable within such organizations display an evident deficiency of democratic legitimacy, as...

The study addresses the problems arising in association with the conjugation of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Belt and Road initiative. The hypothesis is that the conjugation is economically effective, and this is proven by the statistical analysis of trade and investment dynamics...

The New Silk Road, or actually the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is a Chinese concept aimed at facilitating international trade between China, Europe and Africa as well as building a new international economic order and security system. More than 60 countries belonging to various economic...